Analysis of Driving Safety and Cellphone Use Based on Social Media

Abstract

The use of mobile phones while driving is a major driver distraction leading to traffic accidents. Using Twitter Archiving Google Sheet, this paper collected 5,208 tweets containing the hashtags: #distracteddriving, #textanddrive, #textinganddriving. By using R studio and Tableau, the tweets data was visualized and aggregated. The virtual cellphone distracted driving community was also mapped through Gephi. The results could visualize the snapshot of the attitudes and opinions surrounding driving safety and cellphone use.