TY - JOUR
T1 - Naturalistic driving study in Brazil
T2 - An analysis of mobile phone use behavior while driving
AU - Bastos, Jorge Tiago
AU - Dos Santos, Pedro Augusto B.
AU - Amancio, Eduardo Cesar
AU - Gadda, Tatiana Maria C.
AU - Ramalho, José Aurélio
AU - King, Mark J.
AU - Oviedo-Trespalacios, Oscar
PY - 2020
Y1 - 2020
N2 - Mobile phone use (MPU) while driving is an important road safety challenge worldwide. Naturalistic driving studies (NDS) emerged as one of the most sophisticated methodologies to investigate driver behavior; however, NDS have not been implemented in low-or middle-income countries. The aim of this research is to investigate MPU while driving and compare the results to those reported in international studies. An analysis of 61.32 h and 1350 km driven in Curitiba (Brazil) showed that MPU lasted for an average of 28.51 s (n = 627) and occurred in 58.71% of trips (n = 201) with an average frequency of 8.37 interactions per hour (n = 201). The proportion of the trip time using a mobile phone was 7.03% (n = 201), and the average instantaneous speed was 12.77 km/h (n = 627) while using the phone. Generally, drivers spent less time on more complex interactions and selected a lower speed when using the phone. MPU was observed more during short duration than longer trips. Drivers in this study engaged in a larger number of MPU compared to drivers from Netherlands and the United States; and the percentage of trip time with MPU was between North American and European values.
AB - Mobile phone use (MPU) while driving is an important road safety challenge worldwide. Naturalistic driving studies (NDS) emerged as one of the most sophisticated methodologies to investigate driver behavior; however, NDS have not been implemented in low-or middle-income countries. The aim of this research is to investigate MPU while driving and compare the results to those reported in international studies. An analysis of 61.32 h and 1350 km driven in Curitiba (Brazil) showed that MPU lasted for an average of 28.51 s (n = 627) and occurred in 58.71% of trips (n = 201) with an average frequency of 8.37 interactions per hour (n = 201). The proportion of the trip time using a mobile phone was 7.03% (n = 201), and the average instantaneous speed was 12.77 km/h (n = 627) while using the phone. Generally, drivers spent less time on more complex interactions and selected a lower speed when using the phone. MPU was observed more during short duration than longer trips. Drivers in this study engaged in a larger number of MPU compared to drivers from Netherlands and the United States; and the percentage of trip time with MPU was between North American and European values.
KW - Behavioral coding
KW - Cell phone
KW - Developing countries
KW - Driver behavior
KW - Human factors
KW - Safety
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85090345990&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.3390/ijerph17176412
DO - 10.3390/ijerph17176412
M3 - Article
C2 - 32899144
AN - SCOPUS:85090345990
SN - 1661-7827
VL - 17
SP - 1
EP - 14
JO - International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
JF - International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
IS - 17
M1 - 6412
ER -