Cell Phone Usage and Travel Behaviour in Ondo State, Nigeria

Ogunbodede, E. F.

doi:10.3923/jmcomm.2010.68.74

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“…Also in Washington DC after a ban on mobile phone while driving went into effect, a drastic reduction from 6% to 3.5% (12,13). The findings of this study revealed that there is significant relationship between the use of mobile phone while driving and road traffic accident which is corroborated by the findings of study on cell phone usage and travel behaviour in Ondo State, Nigeria (13,14,15).…”

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Relationship between use of mobile phone and road traffic accident amongst motorists in Zaria

Olubiyi¹,

Jibril²,

Hauwa³

et al. 2017

Research Journal of Health Sciences

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Objective: Car telephone use has increased against the background of rapid escalation in general mobile phone services and use. The study was designed to determine the relationship between the use of mobile phone while driving and the incidence of road traffic accident amongst motorists in Zaria. Method:The study was carried out using cross-sectional descriptive survey design. A self-administered questionnaire was used for data collection. The population of this study comprises of motorists from the three major parks in Zaria making a total of 544 motorists out of which 225 respondents were sampled using stratified random sampling method for the study.Results: More than three quarters (87%) of the respondents use their mobile phones while driving. Majority (70%) of the respondents are aware of the possible hazards or risk associated with using mobile phones while driving. 72% of the motorists are unwilling to stop answering calls or use their mobile phones for the purpose of text messages while driving. Conclusion:Laws should be implemented to ban drivers from using hand held mobile phones while driving and fines should be imposed on violators of the law. Increasing awareness on the hazards of mobile phone use while driving should be created especially in the media. Resume Objectif: L'utilisation de la téléphonie automobile a augmenté dans le contexte d'une escalade rapide des services et de l'utilisation générale du téléphone mobile. L'étude a été conçue pour déterminer la relation entre l'utilisation du téléphone mobile pendant la conduite et l'incidence de l'accident de la circulation routière chez les automobilistes à Zaria. KeywordsMéthode: L'étude a été réalisée à l'aide d'un plan d'enquête descriptif transversal. Un questionnaire autoadministré a été utilisé pour la collecte des données. La population de cette étude comprend des automobilistes des trois principaux parcs de Zaria, faisant un total de 544 automobilistes sur lesquels 225 répondants ont été échantillonnés au moyen de la méthode d'échantillonnage aléatoire stratifiée pour l'étude.Résultats: Plus des trois quarts (87%) des répondants utilisent leur téléphone mobile pendant la conduite. La majorité (70%) des répondants sont conscients des dangers possibles ou des risques associés à l'utilisation de téléphones mobiles pendant la conduite. 72% des automobilistes ne sont pas disposés à arrêter de répondre aux appels ou d'utiliser leurs téléphones mobiles à des fins de messages texte pendant la conduite. Conclusion:Des lois devraient être mises en place pour interdire aux conducteurs d'utiliser des téléphones mobiles à main pendant leur conduite et des amendes devraient être imposées aux contrevenants de la loi. Une sensibilisation accrue aux dangers de l'utilisation du téléphone mobile pendant la conduite devrait être créée en particulier dans les médias.

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Relationship between use of mobile phone and road traffic accident amongst motorists in Zaria

Olubiyi¹,

Jibril²,

Hauwa³

et al. 2017

Research Journal of Health Sciences

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“…On the other hand, these spatial actions lead to the reorganization of urban structures and the definition and formation of new centers in urban systems. Ogunbodede (2002) believes that such movement and action can fill the spatial gap in urban structures. And the trip to workplaces, tourist spots, markets, commercial centers, schools and other such trips are symbols and samples of urban actions and movements.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…The mutual relationship between information technology and transportation has been more or less covered in urban planning studies and in some cases, different results have been obtained. A variety of studies can be found discussing the way telephone affects citizens' travel patterns (Ogunbodede, 2002;Gbadamosi, 2004;Hanson, 1998;Mokhtarian, 2004).…”

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Investigating the Effects of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) on Citizens' Travel Pattern

Soltani¹,

Karimzadeh²

2013

RJASET

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This study makes an effort to investigate the effects of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) on daily urban travel patterns. The main research question is based on the capability of ICT in reducing trip production (generation and attraction). The results obtained from the analysis of the data extracted from a questionnaire given to a sample population of 300 people from Golestan Town, Shiraz-South of Iran-in 2011 revealed that there is a tendency towards decreasing the amount of urban travels through encouraging virtual travels and telecommuting. Most of the people who answered the questionnaire tend to have an economical approach towards the daily travel patterns through the use of at least one ICT method for special trips. On the other hand, the majority of the people questioned believed that ICT has not been full successful in replacing physical trips to supply various needs and can only be of use as a powerful supplement for the purpose of decreasing the amount of physical trips if the existing services are improved and enjoy a higher level of public satisfaction.

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“…According to [2, 9 and 10] Aloba (1986), ogunsanya (2002) and Ogunbodede (2010), in their individual studies recognised the role of transport in the overall development of any society and the desire to promote rapid socio-economic development particularly in the rural areas; the federal, state and local governments in Nigeria have been working towards the improvement and development of transportation system in the country. In the first, second, third and fourth National Development plans, 19%, 23%, 22% and 15% of the total capital outlay went to the transport sector respectively [11] (Adeyemi 2001).…”

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Rural Accessibility and Distribution of Social-Services in Ise-Orun Local Government Areas of Ekiti State, Nigeria

Samuel¹

2018

HSS

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This paper examined rural accessibility and distribution of public facilities in ise-orun local government areas of Ekiti State, Nigeria. Purposive sampling techniques were used to select 5 sampled rural settlements in the study area during reconnaissance survey while random sampling method was used to select one hundred and fifteen (150) adult respondents in the study area. The data collected were subjected to both descriptive and inferential statistical analyses. Chi-square statistical analysis was employed to test the significance of the stated hypothesis at α = 0.05. it was discovered that the calculated Chisquare value of 9.28 is lesser than the tabulated value (18.31), therefore the null hypothesis is rejected, while the alternative hypothesis is accepted. Meaning that road accessibility has great influence on spatial distribution of social infrastructure in the study area. In this wise the paper recommends that provision of basic infrastructural facilities such as well accessible roads, pipe borne water and electricity among others, should be given priority to further aids the growth of the rural areas for better rural sustainability and development of Ise-Orun LGAs.

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Cell Phone Usage and Travel Behaviour in Ondo State, Nigeria

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Relationship between use of mobile phone and road traffic accident amongst motorists in Zaria

Relationship between use of mobile phone and road traffic accident amongst motorists in Zaria

Investigating the Effects of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) on Citizens' Travel Pattern

Rural Accessibility and Distribution of Social-Services in Ise-Orun Local Government Areas of Ekiti State, Nigeria

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