Risk Perceptions of Cellphone Use While Driving: Results from a Delphi Survey

Motao Zhu, Toni M. Rudisill, Kimberly J. Rauscher, Danielle M. Davidov and Jing Feng
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Motao Zhu: The Center for Injury Research and Policy, The Research Institute at Nationwide Children’s Hospital, Columbus, OH 43205, USA
Toni M. Rudisill: Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV 26506, USA
Kimberly J. Rauscher: Department of Occupational and Environmental Health Sciences, School of Public Health, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV 26506, USA
Danielle M. Davidov: Departments of Emergency Medicine and Social and Behavioral Sciences, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV 26506, USA
Jing Feng: Department of Psychology, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27695, USA

IJERPH, 2018, vol. 15, issue 6, 1-9

Abstract: Cellphone use while driving has been recognized as a growing and important public health issue by the World Health Organization and U.S. Center for Disease Control and Prevention. Surveys typically collect data on overall texting while driving, but do not differentiate between various forms of cellphone use. This study sought to improve the survey indicators when monitoring cellphone use among young drivers. Experts and young drivers were recruited to propose behavioral indicators (cellphone use while driving behaviors) and consequential indicators (safety consequences of cellphone use while driving) in 2016. Subsequently, experts and young drivers selected the top indicators using the Delphi survey method. We enrolled 22 experts with published articles on cellphone use while driving nationally, and seven young drivers who were freshmen at a state university. Sending a text or e-mail on a handheld phone was picked as the top behavioral indicator by both groups. However, young drivers chose playing music on a handheld phone as the second most important behavioral indicator, which was overlooked by experts. Injury/death and collision were the top two consequential indicators. Experts and young drivers identified the important survey indicators to monitor cellphone use while driving.

Keywords: adolescents; young adults; distracted driving; young driver; surveillance (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
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