TY - JOUR
T1 - The Use of Mobile Phones and Other Unsafe Behavior While Cycling in the Metropolitan Area of Mexico City
AU - Santos-Reyes, Jaime
AU - Pastenes-Medina, Yareli
AU - Padilla-Pérez, Diego
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2022 by the authors.
PY - 2023/1
Y1 - 2023/1
N2 - Unsafe behavior while driving contributes to road accidents. The paper addresses cyclists’ risky behavior by employing a questionnaire-based survey to a sample of n = 1136 in the metropolitan area of Mexico City. The main results are as follows: (a) 31.4% and 24.2% of the participants use a mobile phone for talking and text messaging while cycling, respectively, with males engaging in these unsafe acts more often than females; (b) a high percentage of participants are most likely to communicate with their parents, through either talking (48.9%) or text messaging (39.6%); (c) regarding the use of mobile phones for talking/texting (along with social network and gender) as predictors of a crash/fall while cycling, it was found that a one SD change in the frequency of talking while cycling increased the odds of a crash/fall by a factor of 1.198, as did a one SD increase in the frequency of texting by 1.232, while gender contributed to the outcome but not the individuals to whom cyclists talk or text; (d) cycling “without holding the handlebars” contributed significantly to the outcome. An education campaign or legislation enforcement (or both) may be needed to prevent single-bicycle crashes related to this unsafe act.
AB - Unsafe behavior while driving contributes to road accidents. The paper addresses cyclists’ risky behavior by employing a questionnaire-based survey to a sample of n = 1136 in the metropolitan area of Mexico City. The main results are as follows: (a) 31.4% and 24.2% of the participants use a mobile phone for talking and text messaging while cycling, respectively, with males engaging in these unsafe acts more often than females; (b) a high percentage of participants are most likely to communicate with their parents, through either talking (48.9%) or text messaging (39.6%); (c) regarding the use of mobile phones for talking/texting (along with social network and gender) as predictors of a crash/fall while cycling, it was found that a one SD change in the frequency of talking while cycling increased the odds of a crash/fall by a factor of 1.198, as did a one SD increase in the frequency of texting by 1.232, while gender contributed to the outcome but not the individuals to whom cyclists talk or text; (d) cycling “without holding the handlebars” contributed significantly to the outcome. An education campaign or legislation enforcement (or both) may be needed to prevent single-bicycle crashes related to this unsafe act.
KW - crash/fall
KW - mobile phone
KW - single-bicycle crash
KW - social network
KW - unsafe behavior
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85146034343&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.3390/su15010061
DO - 10.3390/su15010061
M3 - Artículo
AN - SCOPUS:85146034343
SN - 2071-1050
VL - 15
JO - Sustainability (Switzerland)
JF - Sustainability (Switzerland)
IS - 1
M1 - 61
ER -