Guidance to Promote Workplace Policies and Family Rules to Reduce Cell Phone Use While Driving and Promote Engaged Driving
Distraction while driving is a significant cause of crashes resulting in fatalities and serious injuries. Distracted driving may be more prevalent among young drivers who are already at greater risk for crashes due to novice driving skills. One source of distraction is using a cell phone. Communication (both spoken and typed) is a primary function of cell phones, and such communication is distracting because it takes the driver’s eyes off the road and pulls their attention from the driving task. Safe driving requires the driver to be engaged in the driving task. The family and workplace contexts offer two important opportunities to address cell phone use while driving and promote engaged driving. Families can establish rules about never using a cell phone while driving and never communicating using a phone with a family member who is driving. Workplaces can establish similar policies. Guidance to reach families and workplaces is needed for traffic safety practitioners to promote engaged driving – driving free of distractions like cell phones. The objectives of this project are to identify strategies for families and workplaces that foster engaged driving (i.e., practices that promote engagement by the driver in the driving task). Specifically, the project will seek to answer the following questions: • How do expectations within families and workplaces influence cell phone use while driving? • What beliefs and attitudes need to shift to change these expectations and increase engaged driving? • What are potentially effective strategies (and associated messages) to promote engaged driving within families and workplaces to reduce cell phone use?
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Supplemental Notes:
- This project is being conducted under the Traffic Safety Culture Pooled Fund, Phase 1 (TPF-5(309), 8882-309).
Language
- English
Project
- Status: Completed
- Funding: $151968
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Contract Numbers:
8882-309-16
TPF-5(309)
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Sponsor Organizations:
Montana Department of Transportation
2701 Prospect Avenue
P.O. Box 201001
Helena, MT United States 59620-1001California Department of Transportation
1227 O Street
Sacramento, CA United States 95843Connecticut Department of Transportation
2800 Berlin Turnpike
Newington, CT United States 06131Idaho Transportation Department
P.O. Box 7129, 3311 West State Street
Boise, ID United States 83707-1129Iowa Department of Transportation
800 Lincoln Way
Ames, IA United States 50010Illinois Department of Transportation
300 W. Adams Street, 2nd Floor
Chicago, IL United States 60606Indiana Department of Transportation
1101 State Office Building
Indianapolis, IN United States 46204Louisiana Department of Transportation
P.O. Box 94245
1201 Capitol Access Road
Baton Rouge, LA United States 70804-9245New Hampshire Department of Transportation
John O. Morton Building
P.O. Box 483
Concord, NH United States 03302-0483Nevada Department of Transportation
1263 South Stewart Street
Carson City, NV United States 89712Texas Department of Transportation
11th and Brazos Streets
Austin, TX United States 78701Utah Department of Transportation
4501 South 2700 West
Project Development
Salt Lake City, UT United States 84114-8380Vermont Agency of Transportation
219 North Main Street
Barre, VT United States 05641Washington State Department of Transportation
Transportation Building
Olympia, WA United States 98504 -
Managing Organizations:
Montana Department of Transportation
2701 Prospect Avenue
P.O. Box 201001
Helena, MT United States 59620-1001 -
Project Managers:
Sillick, Susan
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Performing Organizations:
Montana State University, Western Transportation Institute
P.O. Box 174250
Bozeman, MT United States 59717 -
Principal Investigators:
Otto, Jay
- Start Date: 20190621
- Expected Completion Date: 20210930
- Actual Completion Date: 0
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Safety; Safety campaigns; Safety culture; Safety education
- Subject Areas: Safety and Human Factors;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 01713731
- Record Type: Research project
- Source Agency: Montana Department of Transportation
- Contract Numbers: 8882-309-16, TPF-5(309)
- Files: RIP, STATEDOT
- Created Date: Aug 13 2019 11:10AM