"I wasn't texting; I was just reading an email …": a qualitative study of distracted driving enforcement in Washington State.

ABSTRACT:

Background

In response to the rise of distracted driving, many countries and most US states have adopted laws to restrict the use of handheld phones for drivers. Specific provisions of each law and the overall social mores of distracted driving influence enforceability and impact.

Objectives

Identify multilevel interdependent factors that influence distracted driving enforcement through the perspective of police officers.

Design/methods

We conducted focus group discussions with active duty law enforcement officers from three large Washington State counties. Our thematic analysis used descriptive and pattern coding that placed our findings within a social ecological framework to facilitate targeted intervention development.

Results

Participants reported that the

SUBMITTER: Nevin PE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5927816 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature