distraction laws

Legislation restricting distracted driving: handheld phone bans, texting-while-driving prohibitions, hands-free mandates, and their enforcement and deterrent effect. About laws targeting phone use and secondary tasks, NOT speed limits (speed_management), impaired-driving enforcement (dui_enforcement), or the camera-program mechanics of automated_enforcement_cameras (even when cameras catch phone use, the policy focus here is the behavioral ban itself).

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316 paper(s) · ranked by relevance to this topic

  1. DO CELL PHONE BANS CHANGE DRIVER BEHAVIOR? · 2014 · Cheng, Cheng · indexed
  2. Effectiveness of Distracted Driving Countermeasures: A Review of the Literature · 2019 · AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety · archived
  3. Distracted Driving: Strategies and State of the Practices · 2019 · Mitran, Elisabeta et al. · archived
  4. Effects of New Jersey’s Cell Phone and Text Ban · 2013 · Maher, Ali et al. · archived
  5. Distracted Driving Enforcement Demonstrations: Lessons Learned · 2020 · Lemaster-Sandbank, Liza et al. · archived
  6. Distracted Driving Laws and Motor Vehicle Crash Fatalities · 2020 · Flaherty, Michael R. et al. · indexed
  7. Distracted While Driving · 2013 · Libby, David et al. · indexed
  8. Cell Phones and Driving: Review of Research · 2006 · McCartt, Anne T. et al. · indexed
  9. National Reported Patterns of Driver Cell Phone Use in the United States · 2010 · Braitman, Keli A. et al. · indexed
  10. In-Car Cell Phone Use and Hazards Following Hands Free Legislation · 2005 · Rajalin, Sirpa et al. · indexed
  11. Youth perspectives on distracted driving and hands-free laws · 2026 · Downer, Carson et al. · indexed
  12. Extent and Effects of Handheld Cellular Telephone Use While Driving · 2001 · Crawford, Jason A. et al. · archived
  13. Distracted Driving Using Mobile Phone · 2021 · Ali, Atheer Muhammed · indexed
  14. A meta-analysis of the effects of cell phones on driver performance · 2008 · Caird, Jeff K. et al. · indexed
  15. Distracted driving and associated crash risks. · 2014 · Ishak, Sherif et al. · archived
  16. Concerning: ‘Mobile phones and driving’ · 2005 · Pilkington, Paul · indexed
  17. National Survey on Distracted Driving Attitudes and Behaviors -- 2012 · 2013 · Schroeder, Paul et al. · archived
  18. Comparing Handheld and Hands-free Cell Phone Usage Behaviors While Driving · 2014 · Soccolich, Susan A. et al. · indexed
  19. Cell phone use while driving in North Carolina : 2002 update report · 2002 · Stutts, Jane C. et al. · archived
  20. Countermeasures for Distracted Driving: An Exploration Beyond the Scientific Literature · 2024 · AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety · archived
  21. Effectiveness of Cell Phone Restrictions for Young Drivers: Review of the Evidence · 2016 · Ehsani, Johnathon P. et al. · indexed
  22. Profiles in cell phone-induced driver distraction · 2011 · Strayer, DL et al. · indexed
  23. Look Who's Talking! A Roadside Survey of Drivers’ Cell Phone Use · 2010 · Young, Kristie L. et al. · indexed
  24. Talking on the Phone While Driving: A Literature Review on Driving Simulator Studies · 2022 · Boboc, Răzvan Gabriel et al. · indexed
  25. Trends in Fatalities From Distracted Driving in the United States, 1999 to 2008 · 2010 · Wilson, Fernando A. et al. · indexed
  26. Why drivers use cell phones and support legislation to restrict this practice. · 2017 · Sanbonmatsu, David M. et al. · archived
  27. Distracted driving: prevalence, problems, and prevention · 2014 · Overton, Tiffany L. et al. · indexed
  28. Cell phone use while driving in North Carolina · 2001 · Reinfurt, Donald W. et al. · archived
  29. National Phone Survey on Distracted Driving Attitudes and Behaviors · 2011 · Tison, Julie et al. · archived
  30. The Impact of Mobile Phones and Other In-Car Technology on Driving · 2007 · Parsons, Thomas D. · indexed
  31. The impact of driver distraction in tractor-trailers and motorcoach buses · 2019 · Rebecca L. Hammond (Olson) et al. · indexed
  32. Assessing Driver Distraction from Cell Phone Use · 2006 · Schattler, Kerrie L. et al. · indexed
  33. Keeping an Eye on Distracted Driving · 2013 · Coben, Jeffrey H. et al. · indexed
  34. Cell Phones and Driving Performance: A Meta-Analysis · 2004 · Horrey, William J. et al. · indexed
  35. National Survey on Distracted Driving Attitudes and Behaviors - 2015 · 2018 · Schroeder, Paul et al. · archived
  36. Distracted and Risk-Prone Drivers · 2013 · AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety · archived
  37. Increasing the Use of Smartphone-Limiting Technology to Combat Distracted Driving · 2025 · AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety · archived
  38. Preface to the Special Section on Driver Distraction · 2004 · Lee, John D. et al. · indexed
  39. Role of Habits in Cell Phone-Related Driver Distractions · 2020 · Hansma, Braden Joseph et al. · archived
  40. Mutual Interferences of Driving and Texting Performance · 2014 · He, Jibo et al. · indexed
  41. Texting While Driving: A Literature Review on Driving Simulator Studies · 2023 · Voinea, Gheorghe-Daniel et al. · indexed
  42. Teen Driver Cell Phone Blocker · 2012 · Benden, Mark et al. · archived
  43. The effects of mobile telephoning on driving performance · 1991 · Brookhuis, Karel et al. · archived
  44. The Impact of Michigan's Text Messaging Restriction on Motor Vehicle Crashes · 2014 · Ehsani, Johnathon P. et al. · indexed
  45. Cellular Phones and Driver Distraction · 2008 · Strayer, David L. et al. · indexed
  46. Mobile phone conversation during nighttime driving: Effects on driving behavior · 2024 · Andrikopoulou, Eleni et al. · indexed
  47. Investigating Problem of Distracted Drivers on Louisiana Roadways · 2018 · Sun, Xiaoduan et al. · archived
  48. Educating Idaho Teenage Drivers of the Dangers of Distracted Driving · 2017 · Larrea, Meagan et al. · archived
  49. The distraction effects of phone use during a crucial driving maneuver · 2003 · Hancock, P.A. et al. · indexed
  50. Driving performance while using cell phones: an observational study · 2006 · Rosenbloom, Tova · indexed
  51. A comparison of the cell-phone driver and the drunk driver · 2006 · Strayer, D. L. et al. · archived
  52. Applying the Health Belief Model to mobile device distracted driving · 2024 · Cox, Aimee E. et al. · indexed
  53. Driver electronic device use in 2013. · 2015 · Pickrell, T.M. · archived
  54. Distracted driving detection by sensing the hand gripping of the phone · 2021 · Wang, Ruxin et al. · indexed
  55. Distracted Driving Behaviors and Beliefs among Older Adults · 2018 · Hill, Linda et al. · indexed
  56. Electronic Device Use: A Review of the Literature on Addictive Behaviors · 2023 · Hoekstra-Atwood, Liberty et al. · archived
  57. 30 Crash risk associated with distracted driving · 2015 · Blanar, Laura et al. · indexed
  58. A Comparison of the Cell Phone Driver and the Drunk Driver · 2004 · Strayer, David L. et al. · indexed
  59. Driver Electronic Device Use in 2008 · 2009 · Pickrell, Timothy M. et al. · archived
  60. Cell Phone-Induced Perceptual Impairments During Simulated Driving · 2001 · Strayer, David L et al. · indexed
  61. DISTRACTED DRIVING IN OLDER ADULTS: PRACTICES AND ATTITUDES · 2017 · Hill, Linda et al. · indexed
  62. Driver performance while text messaging using handheld and in-vehicle systems · 2011 · Owens, Justin M. et al. · indexed
  63. Examination of Limitations Associated with Observing Driver Distraction · 2014 · Wenners, Keith E. et al. · indexed
  64. Do in-car devices affect experienced users' driving performance? · 2015 · Knapper, Allert S. et al. · indexed
  65. THE IMPACT OF TEXT DRIVING ON DRIVING SAFETY · 2016 · Motamedi, Sanaz et al. · indexed
  66. Effects of Cell Phone Conversations on Younger and Older Drivers · 2003 · Strayer, David L. et al. · indexed
  67. The Effects of Text Messaging on Young Drivers · 2009 · Hosking, Simon G. et al. · indexed
  68. Analysis of an Incentive-Based Smartphone Application for Young Drivers · 2021 · Henk, Russell H. et al. · archived
  69. MOBILE PHONE USE WHILE DRIVING: CONCLUSIONS FROM FOUR INVESTIGATIONS · 2004 · Thulin, Hans et al. · indexed
  70. Systematic review of observational studies on secondary task engagement while driving · 2018 · Huemer, Anja Katharina et al. · indexed
  71. Relationship of Near-Crash/Crash Risk to Time Spent on a Cell Phone While Driving · 2015 · Farmer, Charles M. et al. · indexed
  72. Cell Phone Conversation while Driving · 2015 · Nurullah, Abu Sadat · indexed
  73. The feasibility of detecting phone-use related driver distraction · 2001 · Waard, Dick de et al. · indexed
  74. Text messaging during simulated driving · 2009 · Drews, FA et al. · indexed
  75. Undistracted driving · 2011 · Lindqvist, Janne et al. · indexed
  76. 762 Driver distraction in road traffic. Preliminary results of safety campaign · 2016 · Jääskeläinen, Petri et al. · indexed
  77. A Research Synthesis of Text Messaging and Driving Performance · 2013 · Caird, Jess K et al. · indexed
  78. The Effects of Reading and Writing Text-Based Messages While Driving · 2012 · Yager, Christine E. et al. · archived
  79. Teens' distracted driving behavior: Prevalence and predictors · 2017 · Gershon, Pnina et al. · indexed
  80. Effect of Electronic Device Use on Pedestrian Safety: A Literature Review · 2016 · Scopatz, Robert A. et al. · archived
  81. A meta-analysis of the effects of texting on driving · 2014 · Caird, Jeff K. et al. · indexed
  82. The effects of text messaging on young novice driver performance · 2006 · Hosking, S. et al. · archived
  83. Impact of distracted driving on safety and traffic flow · 2013 · Stavrinos, Despina et al. · indexed
  84. Effects of naturalistic cell phone conversations on driving performance · 2004 · Rakauskas, Michael E. et al. · indexed
  85. Risk Perceptions of Mobile Phone Use While Driving · 2004 · White, Mathew P. et al. · indexed
  86. Study on mobile phone use while driving in a sample of Iranian drivers · 2016 · Arvin, Ramin et al. · indexed
  87. Association between Cellular-Telephone Calls and Motor Vehicle Collisions · 1997 · Redelmeier, Donald A. et al. · indexed
  88. The Naturalistic Study of Distracted Driving: Moving from Research to Practice · 2011 · Hanowski, Richard Joseph · indexed
  89. Driver Performance While Texting: Even a Little is Too Much · 2013 · McKeever, Joshua D. et al. · indexed
  90. Using Cellular Telephones in Vehicles: Safe or Unsafe? · 1999 · Goodman, Michael J. et al. · indexed
  91. Cell Phone Use While Driving and Attributable Crash Risk · 2010 · Farmer, Charles M. et al. · indexed
  92. Handheld Cellphone Use and Risky Driving in Adolescents · 2024 · McDonald, Catherine C. et al. · indexed
  93. Cell Phoning and Texting While Driving · 2015 · Telemaque, Judy Honoria Rosaire et al. · indexed
  94. Novice Teenage Driver Cell Phone Use Prevalence · 2013 · Ehsani, Johnathon et al. · indexed
  95. Drivers’ self-regulatory behaviors in active and responsive scenarios · 2023 · Zhang, Yaping et al. · indexed
  96. Teen Drivers’ Perceptions of Inattention and Cell Phone Use While Driving · 2015 · McDonald, Catherine C. et al. · indexed
  97. Is the use of mobile phones while driving reaching alarming rates? A case study · 2017 · Bendak, Salaheddine et al. · indexed
  98. Cell Phone Use and Crash Risk · 2013 · Kidd, David G. et al. · indexed
  99. The effect of cellphone position on driving and gaze behaviour · 2021 · Turnbull, Philip R. K. et al. · indexed
  100. Targeting young driver emotions can reduce their cellphone distractions · 2023 · Hoseinzadeh Nooshabadi, Mehdi et al. · indexed
  101. Use of mobile phone while driving in a Nigerian Community · 2008 · Omolase, CO · indexed
  102. Driver Handheld Cell Phone Usage Detection · 2018 · Elings, J.W. · indexed
  103. The effect of mobile phone use on driving style and driving skills · 2006 · Bener, A et al. · indexed
  104. Cell Phone Resting Locations · 2014 · Harwood, Leslie C. et al. · indexed
  105. Driver hand-held mobile phone use and safety belt use · 2003 · Eby, David W et al. · indexed
  106. Assisted entry mitigates text messagingbased driving detriment · 2012 · Sawyer, Benjamin D. et al. · indexed
  107. Exploring Boredom Proneness as a Predictor of Mobile Phone Use in the Car · 2015 · Schroeter, Ronald et al. · indexed
  108. Environmental Effects of Driver Distraction at Traffic Lights: Mobile Phone Use · 2023 · Alemdar, Kadir Diler et al. · indexed
  109. Drivers' Phone Use Behavior at Red Traffic Signals · 2019 · Jin, Sheng et al. · indexed
  110. Bias caused by self-reporting distraction and its impact on crash estimates · 2012 · Hanley, Paul F. et al. · indexed
  111. Improving Driving Safety by Preventing Driver Distraction · 2021 · Richter, Yiftach et al. · indexed
  112. Detecting Driver Distraction Using Smartphones · 2015 · Paruchuri, Vamsi et al. · indexed
  113. The effect of text messaging on driver behaviour: a simulator study · 2008 · Reed, Nick et al. · indexed