Is using a phone while driving dangerous?

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Is using a phone while driving dangerous? In the second of a two-parter, Risk Bites looks at cell phone use and distracted driving.

This week's Risk Bites team:
David Faulkner (Script, post-production)
Ray Bingham (Technical Advice)
Andrew Maynard (all the other stuff)

Additional information:

University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute Distracted Driving links:

Beede, K. E., & Kass, S. J. (2006). Engrossed in conversation: The impact of cell phones on simulated driving performance. Accident Analysis & Prevention, 38(2), 415-421.

Ishigami, Y., & Klein, R. M. (2009). Is a hands-free phone safer than a handheld phone?. Journal of Safety Research, 40(2), 157.

Jacobson, P. D., & Gostin, L. O. (2010). Reducing distracted driving. JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association, 303(14), 1419-1420.

Liang, Y., Lee, J. D. and Yekhshatyan, L. (2011). How Dangerous Is Looking Away From the Road? Algorithms Predict Crash Risk From Glance Patterns in Naturalistic Driving. Human Factors 54, 6, 1104-1116 10.1177/0018720812446965

Kass, S. J., Cole, K. S., & Stanny, C. J. (2007). Effects of distraction and experience on situation awareness and simulated driving. Transportation Research Part F: Traffic Psychology and Behaviour, 10(4), 321-329.

Wilson, F. A., & Stimpson, J. P. (2010). Trends in fatalities from distracted driving in the United States, 1999 to 2008. American Journal of Public Health, 100(11), 2213.

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