Effects of driver’s cell phone use while driving on collision risk in different traffic conditions

The objective of this project is to understand how cell phone use leads to risky driver behavior and how such behavior affects
vehicle interaction and collision risk in different traffic conditions (e.g., uncongested and congested). The study will include the
following tasks:
1. Identify the association of driver characteristics (age, gender, frequency of cell phone use, driving experience) with cell phone
use while driving
2. Understand how cell phone use while driving affects driver performance measures
3. Understand the difference in the effects on driver distraction between the conversation on cell phones and the manipulation of
cell phones (dialing and texting)
4. Examine how behavior of distracted drivers due to cell phone use changes in different traffic conditions
5. Evaluate the effect of cell phone use on collision risk based on surrogate safety measures and vehicle conflicts
The findings of this study will help understand more general impacts of cell phone use while driving on traffic safety.

Faculty Supervisor:

Chris Lee

Student:

Partner:

Tongji University

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

University:

University of Windsor

Program:

Globalink Research Award