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There are many different technologies used to control mobile phones while driving, including electronic device control, global positioning system (GPS), on-board diagnostics (OBD)-II-based devices, mobile phone applications or apps, etc. These devices acquire the vehicle information such as the car speed and use the information to control the driver\u2019s phone such as preventing them from making or receiving calls at specific speed limits. The information from the devices is interfaced via Bluetooth and can later be used to control mobile phone applications. The main aim of this paper is to propose the design of a portable system for monitoring the use of a mobile phone while driving and for controlling a driver\u2019s mobile phone, if necessary, when the vehicle reaches a specific speed limit (&gt;10 km\/h). A paper-based self-reported questionnaire survey was carried out among 600 teenage drivers from different nationalities to see the driving behavior of young drivers in Qatar. Finally, a mobile application was developed to monitor the mobile usage of a driver and an OBD-II module-based portable system was designed to acquire data from the vehicle to identify drivers\u2019 behavior with respect to phone usage, sudden lane changes, and abrupt breaking\/sharp speeding. This information was used in a mobile application to control the driver\u2019s mobile usage as well as to report the driving behavior while driving. The application of such a system can significantly improve drivers\u2019 behavior all over the world.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/s19071563","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2019,4,2]],"date-time":"2019-04-02T03:21:26Z","timestamp":1554175286000},"page":"1563","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":39,"title":["Portable System for Monitoring and Controlling Driver Behavior and the Use of a Mobile Phone While Driving"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"19","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-7068-9112","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Amith","family":"Khandakar","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Electrical Engineering Department, College of Engineering, Qatar University, Doha-2713, Qatar"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-0744-8206","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Muhammad E.H.","family":"Chowdhury","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Electrical Engineering Department, College of Engineering, Qatar University, Doha-2713, Qatar"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-6512-769X","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Rashid","family":"Ahmed","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Industrial and Mechanical Engineering Department, Qatar University, Doha-2713, Qatar"}]},{"given":"Ahmed","family":"Dhib","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Electrical Engineering Department, College of Engineering, Qatar University, Doha-2713, Qatar"}]},{"given":"Mohammed","family":"Mohammed","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Electrical Engineering Department, College of Engineering, Qatar University, Doha-2713, Qatar"}]},{"given":"Nasser Ahmed M A","family":"Al-Emadi","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Electrical Engineering Department, College of Engineering, Qatar University, Doha-2713, Qatar"}]},{"given":"Dave","family":"Michelson","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Electrical Engineering Department, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z4, Canada"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2019,3,31]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","first-page":"144","article-title":"Technology to prevent mobile phone accidents","volume":"5","author":"Shabeer","year":"2012","journal-title":"Int. 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