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- Title
Impact of Texting Laws on Motor Vehicular Fatalities in the United States.
- Authors
Ferdinand, Alva O.; Menachemi, Nir; Sen, Bisakha; Blackburn, Justin L.; Morrisey, Michael; Nelson, Leonard
- Abstract
Using a panel study design, we examined the effects of differenttypesoftextingbans on motor vehicular fatalities. We used the Fatality Analysis Reporting System and a difference-in-differences approach to examine the incidence of fatal crashes in 2000 through 2010 in 48 US states with and without texting bans. Age cohorts were constructed to examine the impact of these bans on age-specific traffic fatalities. Primarily enforced laws banning all drivers from texting were significantly associated with a 3% reduction in traffic fatalities in all age groups, and those banning only young drivers from texting had the greatest impact on reducing deaths among those aged 15 to 21 years. Secondarily enforced restrictions were not associated with traffic fatality reductions in any of our analyses.
- Subjects
UNITED States; TRAFFIC safety; AUTOMOBILE driving laws; TEXT messages -- Law &; legislation; AUTOMOBILE driving; AGE distribution; LEGISLATION; MORTALITY; PANEL analysis; PUBLIC health; REGRESSION analysis; RELATIVE medical risk; TRAFFIC accidents; DISEASE incidence; DATA analysis software; DESCRIPTIVE statistics; ODDS ratio
- Publication
American Journal of Public Health, 2014, Vol 104, Issue 8, p1370
- ISSN
0090-0036
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.2105/AJPH.2014.301894