Mobile phone use while driving indicators based on naturalistic driving data

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https://doi.org/10.58922/transportes.v33.e3053

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Driver distraction. Speed adaptation. Risk compensation.

Abstract

The use of mobile phones while driving is a known risk factor for road crashes. Little is known about the characteristics of mobile phone use as a secondary task while driving in Brazil. The aim of this study was to derive road safety performance indicators related to mobile phone use while driving from Brazilian naturalistic driving data. The methodology involved an observational study analyzing video footage from 32 drivers in Curitiba and the Metropolitan Region. The most common type of use was checking/browsing: 44.96% of all instances. The average frequency of use was 8.71 uses per hour, with an average duration of 55.34 seconds per use. On average, drivers reduced their speed by 6.32 km/h after initiating use, and increased it by 5.11 km/h after completing the task. Checking/browsing was the type of use associated with the greatest speed adaptation, showing an average reduction of 7.39 km/h at the start, and an average increase of 3.55 km/h at the end. In conclusion, speed adaptation during mobile phone use was related to the complexity of the activity, based on the required manual, visual, and cognitive demands. However, drivers did not perceive the increased risk of making a call or sending a voice message, highlighting the need for more effective measures to reduce engagement in secondary tasks while driving.

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Author Biographies

Thiago Noriyuki Kubo, Universidade Federal do Paraná

Thiago Noriyuki Kubro é Engenheiro Civil pela Universidade Federal do Paraná, tendo atuado como pesquisador no projeto de pesquisa "Estudo Naturalístico de Direção Brasileiro".

Arthur Hideio Noguti, Observatório Nacional de Segurança Viária

Arthur Hideio Noguti é estudante de Estatística e Ciência de Dados pela Universidade Federal do Paraná, tendo atuado como estagiário no Observatório Nacional de Segurança Viária.

Jorge Tiago Bastos , Universidade Federal do Paraná

Jorge Tiago Bastos é Doutor em Engenharia de Transportes pela Universidade de São Paulo e Universiteit Hasselt (Bélgica), Mestre em Engenharia de Transportes pela Universidade de São Paulo e Engenheiro Civil pela Universidade Federal do Rio Grande. Atualmente é professor da Universidade Federal do Paraná e integra o corpo de professores permanentes do Programa de Pós-graduação em Planejamento Urbano da UFPR. É líder do Grupo de Pesquisa "Observatório Nacional de Segurança Viária. Foi recentemente pesquisador visitante no Federal Highway Research Institute da Alemanha (BASt) e no Centre for Accident Research and Road Safety (CARRS-Q) da Queensland University of Technology, Austrália. É membro do conselho deliberativo do Observatório Nacional de Segurança Viária.É coordenador do 1 Estudo Naturalístico de Direção Brasileiro (NDS-BR http://www.tecnologia.ufpr.br/portal/ceppur/estudo-naturalistico-de-direcao-brasileiro/) e dos acordos de cooperação técnica e dos contratos de PDI entre a UFPR e Observatório Nacional de Segurança Viária (ONSV). É autor de três livros sobre segurança viária. Atua nas linhas de pesquisa: estudos naturalísticos de segurança viária, a influência do ambiente urbano no nível de segurança viária, gestão da velocidade, diagnóstico da segurança viária, análise de contramedidas de acidentes, metas de redução da mortalidade no trânsito, registros de acidentes e indicadores de desempenho da segurança viária.

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2025-05-16

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Kubo, T. N., Hideio Noguti, A. ., & Bastos , J. T. (2025). Mobile phone use while driving indicators based on naturalistic driving data. Transportes, 33, e3053. https://doi.org/10.58922/transportes.v33.e3053

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