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Is distraction on the road associated with maladaptive mobile phone use? A systematic review

Rahmillah, Fety Ilma (author), Tariq, Amina (author), King, Mark (author), Oviedo-Trespalacios, O. (author)

Maladaptive Mobile Phone Use (MMPU) (also known as Smartphone Addiction, Nomophobia, Fear of Missing Out, or Problematic Mobile Phone Use) is a growing mental health problem. However, the health and safety consequences of MMPU remain unexplored in many real-life contexts. A potential setting where MMPU may have some negative repercussions is on...

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What factors contribute to the acceptance of artificial intelligence? A systematic review

Kelly, Sage (author), Kaye, Sherrie Anne (author), Oviedo-Trespalacios, O. (author)

Artificial Intelligence (AI) agents are predicted to infiltrate most industries within the next decade, creating a personal, industrial, and social shift towards the new technology. As a result, there has been a surge of interest and research towards user acceptance of AI technology in recent years. However, the existing research appears...

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The impact of perceived injury risk and psychosocial factors on walking equity

Rod, J. E. (author), King, Mark (author), Oviedo-Trespalacios, O. (author)

Walking is the cornerstone of active and sustainable transport. However, traffic safety concerns among pedestrians could reduce walking behaviour. Safety concerns are generally measured through risk perceptions. Unfortunately, a lack of theoretical development of risk perceptions in walking behaviour research has limited our capacity to identify...

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Deadly meals: The influence of personal and job factors on burnout and risky riding behaviours of food delivery motorcyclists

Quy Nguyen-Phuoc, Duy (author), Ngoc Thi Nguyen, Ly (author), Ngoc Su, Diep (author), Nguyen Hoang Minh, M. (author), Oviedo-Trespalacios, O. (author)

Food delivery riders are overrepresented in road crashes. Arguably, the increased risk experienced by food delivery riders is linked to the working conditions offered by the “gig economy”. Research is needed to fully understand the safety-related issues this vulnerable group of road users face daily and identify opportunities for counter...

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External and internal influences on mobile phone use while driving: Combining the theories of deterrence and self-determination

Truelove, Verity (author), Watson-Brown, Natalie (author), Oviedo-Trespalacios, O. (author)

Objectives: Various legal countermeasures have been introduced in numerous jurisdictions worldwide to reduce the risky behaviour of phone use while driving. However, external factors do not influence behaviour alone; internal factors may also play a large role in influencing behaviour. Therefore, the aim of this study was to examine the impact...

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Community narratives on Facebook regarding mobile phone use while driving and road policing technologies

Stefanidis, K. B. (author), Schiemer, C. (author), Freeman, J. (author), Mulgrew, K. (author), Oviedo-Trespalacios, O. (author), Truelove, V. (author)

Objective: Mobile phone use while driving is a major cause of distraction and area for concern. Numerous factors have been shown to be associated with engagement in mobile phone use while driving, including peer influences and social media content encouraging the behavior. Phone detection cameras are being increasingly utilized to enforce the...

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The risks of using ChatGPT to obtain common safety-related information and advice

Oviedo-Trespalacios, O. (author), Peden, Amy E. (author), Cole-Hunter, Thomas (author), Costantini, Arianna (author), Haghani, Milad (author), Rod, J. E. (author), Kelly, Sage (author), Torkamaan, H. (author), Tariq, Amina (author), David Albert Newton, James (author), Gallagher, Timothy (author), Steinert, S. (author), Filtness, Ashleigh J. (author), Reniers, G.L.L.M.E. (author)

ChatGPT is a highly advanced AI language model that has gained widespread popularity. It is trained to understand and generate human language and is used in various applications, including automated customer service, chatbots, and content generation. While it has the potential to offer many benefits, there are also concerns about its potential...

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Loneliness and vertical and horizontal collectivism and individualism: A multinational study

Schermer, Julie Aitken (author), Branković, Marija (author), Čekrlija, Đorđe (author), MacDonald, Kristi Baerg (author), Park, Joonha (author), Papazova, Eva (author), Volkodav, Tatiana (author), Iliško, Dzintra (author), Wlodarczyk, Anna (author), Kwiatkowska, Maria Magdalena (author), Rogoza, Radosław (author), Oviedo-Trespalacios, O. (author), Ha, Truong Thi Khanh (author), Kowalski, Christopher Marcin (author), Malik, Sadia (author), Lins, Samuel (author), Navarro-Carrillo, Ginés (author), Aquino, Sibele D. (author), Doroszuk, Marta (author), Riđić, Ognjen (author), Pylat, Natalia (author), Özsoy, Emrah (author), Tan, Chee Seng (author), Mamuti, Agim (author), Ardi, Rahkman (author), Jukić, Tomislav (author), Uslu, Osman (author), Buelvas, Laura Martinez (author), Liik, Kadi (author), Kruger, Gert (author)

This paper investigates how horizontal and vertical individualism and collectivism predict self-report loneliness in addition to the variance accounted for by age and sex in 28 countries (N = 8,345). Horizontal and vertical aspects of individualism and collectivism had small but significant contributions to predicting loneliness. Horizontal...

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“It is a different type of policing than in the bush”: Police officers’ perceptions of the differences in enforcement of the phone use while driving legislation in rural and urban areas

Truelove, Verity (author), Stefanidis, Kayla (author), Oviedo-Trespalacios, O. (author)

Mobile phone use while driving continues to be a significant road safety concern, despite the severe legal countermeasures to reduce this behaviour. Phone use while driving-related crashes have been demonstrated to be an issue in rural areas, yet research into the impact of legal sanctions on phone use while driving has primarily focussed on...

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Yield or not to yield? An inquiry into drivers’ behaviour when a fully automated vehicle indicates a lane-changing intention

Li, Xiaomeng (author), Oviedo-Trespalacios, O. (author), Afghari, A.P. (author), Kaye, Sherrie Anne (author), Yan, Xuedong (author)

Automated vehicles have started to be integrated into the road transportation system and operate in a mixed traffic environment. To ensure a smooth and successful integration, it is vital to have a good understanding of the human factor challenges involved in the process, especially the issues related to other road users who will share roads...

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Understanding and modeling willingness-to-pay for public policies to enhance road safety: A perspective from Pakistan

Subhan, Fazle (author), Ali, Y. (author), Zhao, Shengchuan (author), Oviedo-Trespalacios, O. (author)

Evaluating road safety improvements becomes important because it can assist policymakers in allocating economic resources to improve safety and implementing effective policy interventions. As such, this study aims to estimate the value of road safety risk measures using a new modeling approach for willingness-to-pay (WTP). Specifically, this...

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Star rating of driver's behavior as a tool to prevent risky behavior

Tešić, Milan (author), Miladić-Tešić, Suzana (author), Folla, Katerina (author), Yannis, George (author), Oviedo-Trespalacios, O. (author)

Driver behavior is a key determinant of road safety. Risky behaviors can be measured and quantified using traditional and modern methods, which enables the assessment of the driver's behavior. Following lessons from safety science, it is important to analyse and manage risks factors to optimize interventions in the transport context at the...

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Police and public perspectives on the use and impacts of technology that expose enforcement locations for phone use while driving

Truelove, Verity (author), Stefanidis, Kayla (author), Mills, Laura (author), Oviedo-Trespalacios, O. (author)

Avoiding being caught and punished has consistently been demonstrated to be a key predictor of continued engagement in risky and illegal phone use while driving. This is a large concern, as the presence of applications such as Google Maps, Apple Maps, Waze, and social media pages/groups that share the location of enforcement activities related...

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Safety science special issue “safety in low- and middle-income countries”

Karanikas, Nektarios (author), Choudhary, Pushpa (author), Useche, Sergio A. (author), Oviedo-Trespalacios, O. (author)

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What contributes to drug driving? An exploratory investigation into the influence of problematic substance use, roadside testing and alternative transport options

Hasan, Razi (author), Watson, Barry (author), Haworth, Narelle (author), Oviedo-Trespalacios, O. (author)

Despite a strong reliance on enforcement approaches to prevent drug driving in Australia, this behaviour is still prevalent. The objective of this study was to investigate the influence of problematic drug use (i.e., showing indications of addiction), exposure to roadside drug testing, the use of detection avoidance strategies, and perceptions...

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Cyclists perception and self-reported behaviour towards interacting with fully automated vehicles

Li, Xiaomeng (author), Afghari, A.P. (author), Oviedo-Trespalacios, O. (author), Kaye, Sherrie Anne (author), Haworth, Narelle (author)

Fully automated vehicles (FAVs) have the potential to improve road safety and reduce traffic congestion and emissions. Most studies of acceptance of FAVs have focused on motor vehicle users, largely ignoring other road users, such as cyclists. This study investigates the factors that influence cyclists’ receptivity towards sharing roads with...

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Exploring the factors influencing acquisition and learning experiences of cars fitted with advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS)

Nandavar, Sonali (author), Kaye, Sherrie Anne (author), Senserrick, Teresa (author), Oviedo-Trespalacios, O. (author)

Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (ADAS) have shown substantial potential to increase road safety. To guarantee a growing presence and correct use of ADAS, road safety initiatives such as driver education and programs to promote safer vehicles need to be oriented towards the specific needs of individual drivers. The aim of this study was to...

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The impact of road traffic context on secondary task engagement while driving

Cuentas-Hernandez, Sandra (author), Li, Xiaomeng (author), King, Mark J. (author), Oviedo-Trespalacios, O. (author)

Introduction: Driver distraction has been recognized for a long time as a significant road safety issue. It has been consistently reported that drivers spend considerable time engaged in activities that are secondary to the driving task. The temporary diversion of attention from safety-critical driving tasks has often been associated with...

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Sharing roads with automated vehicles: A questionnaire investigation from drivers’, cyclists’ and pedestrians’ perspectives

Li, Xiaomeng (author), Kaye, Sherrie Anne (author), Afghari, A.P. (author), Oviedo-Trespalacios, O. (author)

Despite the promised benefits, the introduction of Automated Vehicles (AVs) on roads will be confronted by many challenges, including public readiness to use those vehicles and share the roads with them. The risk profile of road users is a key determinant of their safety on roads. However, the relation of such risk profiles to road users’...

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Non-fatal traffic crashes among food delivery riders in Vietnam: What is the problem?

Nguyen, M. (author), Nguyen-Phuoc, Duy Quy (author), Oviedo-Trespalacios, O. (author)

Objective: The rapid development of information technologies and the COVID-19 pandemic have resulted in the proliferation of online food shopping and food delivery motorcyclists. In contrast to the relatively ample literature on factors influencing fatalities and risky riding behaviors of food delivery motorcyclists, little is known about the...

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