The inconvenient truth about mobile phone distraction&dunderstanding the means, motive and opportunity for driver resistance to legal and safety messages

Evidence for how phone-use impacts driving is clear: phone-using drivers are four times more likely to crash; demonstrate poor hazard detection ability; take longer to react to any hazards they notice; and can look yet fail to see. However, drivers are often resistant to research findings and, despi...

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Main Author: Wells, Helen (Author)
Contributors: Briggs, Gemma ; Savigar-Shaw, Leanne
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Published: 2021
In: The British journal of criminology
Year: 2021, Volume: 61, Issue: 6, Pages: 1503-1520
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Keywords:
Distraction
Driving
Mobile phone
Resistance
Risk
Roads policing
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Summary:Evidence for how phone-use impacts driving is clear: phone-using drivers are four times more likely to crash; demonstrate poor hazard detection ability; take longer to react to any hazards they notice; and can look yet fail to see. However, drivers are often resistant to research findings and, despite it being an enforceable offence, many still admit to using their phones. This paper combines what is known about the dangers of distracted driving with what research tells us about how drivers think about themselves, the law, and their risk of both crashing and being prosecuted. These blended insights explain why evidence may be resisted both by drivers and policymakers, highlighting the inconvenient truth of the distraction caused by mobile phone-use.
ISSN:1464-3529
DOI:10.1093/bjc/azab038