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The missing piece in deterring phone use while driving: Police perspectives after legislative and penalty changes

Verity Truelove et al.

Journal of Safety Research2026https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jsr.2026.01.007article
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The findings demonstrate the factors that contribute to both strengthening and weakening the legal deterrent effect for phone use while driving from a police perspective and have important theoretical and practical implications. For example, it is suggested that phone use while driving legislation that does not differentiate the types of phone behavior can make enforcement of this offense easier, yet a higher penalty may result in drivers concealing their phones more.

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@article{verity2026,
  title        = {{The missing piece in deterring phone use while driving: Police perspectives after legislative and penalty changes}},
  author       = {Verity Truelove et al.},
  journal      = {Journal of Safety Research},
  year         = {2026},
  doi          = {https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jsr.2026.01.007},
}

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0.37

Balanced mode · F 0.40 / M 0.15 / V 0.05 / R 0.40

F · citation impact0.16 × 0.4 = 0.06
M · momentum0.53 × 0.15 = 0.08
V · venue signal0.50 × 0.05 = 0.03
R · text relevance †0.50 × 0.4 = 0.20

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