Epidemiology of Handheld Cell Phone Use While Driving: A Study from a South Indian City
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Background
Using cell phones while driving contribute to distractions which can potentially cause minor or major road traffc injuries and also stress among other drivers. With this background, the study was done to ascertain the proportion of handheld cell phone use while driving among road users in Mysore city and also patterns of the use by the day of week, type of road, and type of vehicle.Methods
The study was conducted in Mysore, Karnataka, India. Four stretches of roads were observed thrice daily for 1 week. The total number of vehicles passing through the stretch and the number and characteristics of drivers using hand‑held cell was noted. Pearsons Chi‑square test was used to ascertain the signifcance of the difference in proportions.Results
The overall proportion of cell phone users was calculated as 1.41/100 vehicles. The observed use of handheld cell phones was 1.78 times higher on nonbusy roads than busy roads ( x2 = 25.79, P Conclusions
The proportion of drivers who use cell phones is found to be relatively lower, and use of cell phones was higher on nonbusy roads.Keywords:
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English
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International Journal of Preventive Medicine, Volume:9 Issue: 3, Mar 2018
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4
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