Mobile phone use while driving-literary review Krsto Lipovac a , Miroslav Ðeric ´ b,a,⇑ , Milan Tešic ´ a,c , Zoran Andric ´ b , Bojan Maric ´ d a Faculty of Transport and Traffic Engineering, Vojvode Stepe 305, 11000 Belgrade, Serbia b Ministry of Communications and Transport of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Trg Bosne i Hercegovine 1, 71000 Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina c Pan-European University Apeiron, College of Traffic Engineering, Vojvode Pere Krece 13, 78000 Banja Luka, Republic of Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina d Faculty of Traffic and Transport Engineering, Vojvode Mišic ´a 52, 74000 Doboj, Republic of Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina article info Article history: Received 17 August 2015 Received in revised form 6 December 2016 Accepted 19 April 2017 Keywords: Mobile phone Phases Driving Performance Conversation abstract This paper analysis published results of the research into the connection between mobile phone use while driving and traffic safety. Ever since the introduction of the first mobile phones, the authors have been examining the risks associated with its use in traffic, namely: prevalence or frequency of mobile phone use while driving, characteristics of dri- vers who make more frequent use of mobile phones, the connection between mobile phone use while driving and a car crash risk, a link between mobile phone use while driving and perception of risk, effects on driving performance of using various modes of mobile phones while driving (‘‘hands-free” or ‘‘hand-held”), psychological factors influencing driver’s deci- sion to use a mobile phone while driving, etc. It is important to point out that the results of some studies indicate that using a hands- free mobile phone while driving does not provide greater safety as compared to the use of hand-held mobile phones while driving. Generally speaking, younger male drivers tend to use mobile phones more often while driving than women and older males. This paper analyses the results of studies which were published in 60 papers from 1994 to 2013. The analysis of the papers selected for research confirms detrimental effects of mobile phone use while driving. Also, four phases in the process of understanding the issue of mobile phone use impacts while driving have been established or identified. The first phase gives the analysis of the prevalence or frequency of mobile phone use while driving. The second phase identifies the characteristics of drivers who tend to use mobile phones more frequently while driving. The third phase concerns research into impacts of using different modes of mobile phones while driving on driving performance (‘‘hands-free” or ‘‘hand- held”). Finally, the fourth phase deals with research into risks of mobile phone use while driving (‘‘hands-free” or ‘‘hand-held”). The importance of this paper is reflected in that it can help traffic safety policy makers, on the basis of better understanding of the issue of mobile phone use impact while driving, to develop effective strategies aimed at reducing the extent of mobile phone use while driving. Ó 2017 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.trf.2017.04.015 1369-8478/Ó 2017 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. ⇑ Corresponding author at: Ministry of Communications and Transport of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Trg Bosne i Hercegovine 1, 71000 Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina. E-mail addresses: miroslav.djeric@mkt.gov.ba, mmaxtor@gmail.com (M. Ðeric ´). Transportation Research Part F 47 (2017) 132–142 Contents lists available at ScienceDirect Transportation Research Part F journal homepage: www.elsevier.com/locate/trf