== Abstract ==

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Mobile phone use while driving is one of the most common driver distractions and one of the main causes of<br> traffic accidents. This research aims to investigate the impact of mobile phone use on drivers’ behaviour in urban<br> and rural road networks. A driving simulator experiment with 50 participants was carried out, who drove under<br> different types of mobile phone distraction (no distraction, handheld conversation, handsfree conversation,<br> speaker mode conversation). Within the framework of the statistical analysis, discrete choice models were<br> designed to investigate the influence of mobile phone use, as well as other relevant parameters, on driving<br> behaviour considering maximum driving speed, reaction time and standard deviation of lateral position. Based<br> on the findings of the present research, mobile phone conversation is significantly affecting driving performance<br> causing lower drivers’ maximum speeds and higher reaction times and standard deviations of the lateral position.

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== Original document ==

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* [https://zenodo.org/record/1456490 https://zenodo.org/record/1456490] under the license http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/legalcode

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* [http://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.1456490 http://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.1456490],

: [https://zenodo.org/record/1456490 https://zenodo.org/record/1456490] under the license http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/legalcode

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* [https://zenodo.org/record/1456490 https://zenodo.org/record/1456490],

: [http://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.1456489 http://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.1456489] under the license http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/legalcode

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DOIS: 10.5281/zenodo.1456489 10.5281/zenodo.1456490

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