In 2020, in a survey on phone use while driving in Australia, 12.2 percent of respondents admitted to checking their phone while stopped at a traffic light. The other top activities conducted on mobile phones while driving were changing a song on a playlist or reading/replying to a text message. 73.2 percent of the respondents indicated that they did not use their phone while driving.
Leading ways mobile phones were used while driving in Australia in 2020
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Budget Direct. (March 30, 2020). Leading ways mobile phones were used while driving in Australia in 2020 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved August 25, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1108206/australia-main-ways-mobile-phones-were-used-while-driving/
Budget Direct. "Leading ways mobile phones were used while driving in Australia in 2020." Chart. March 30, 2020. Statista. Accessed August 25, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1108206/australia-main-ways-mobile-phones-were-used-while-driving/
Budget Direct. (2020). Leading ways mobile phones were used while driving in Australia in 2020. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: August 25, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1108206/australia-main-ways-mobile-phones-were-used-while-driving/
Budget Direct. "Leading Ways Mobile Phones Were Used While Driving in Australia in 2020." Statista, Statista Inc., 30 Mar 2020, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1108206/australia-main-ways-mobile-phones-were-used-while-driving/
Budget Direct, Leading ways mobile phones were used while driving in Australia in 2020 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1108206/australia-main-ways-mobile-phones-were-used-while-driving/ (last visited August 25, 2024)
Leading ways mobile phones were used while driving in Australia in 2020 [Graph], Budget Direct, March 30, 2020. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1108206/australia-main-ways-mobile-phones-were-used-while-driving/