Table 2: Percent of Respondents Disagreeing With Distracted Driving Behavior, by Age - October 2009
Hand-Held Phone | Hands-Free Phone | Texting | Eating | Mounted Controls | In-Vehicle Monitors | |
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18-34 | 70.81 | 22.36 | 93.36 | 52.55 | 13.64 | 74.92 |
35-49 | 77.88 | 34.15 | 97.22 | 55.38 | 31.45 | 88.91 |
50-64 | 82.67 | 40.29 | 96.06 | 61.69 | 33.39 | 92.37 |
65+ | 81.42 | 65.23 | 98.37 | 81.28 | 31.87 | 88.10 |
NOTE: The percentages in this table are based on combining both the “somewhat disagree” and “strongly disagree” categories to determine the overall percentage of respondents who disagree with each distracted driving item.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Transportation, Research and Innovative Technology Administration, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Omnibus Household Survey, at http://www.bts.gov/programs/omnibus_surveys/household_survey/