This statistic shows how dangerous people in the United Kingdom considered using the mobile phone when driving between November 2006 and July 2013. Over 80 percent of those surveyed agreed that both texting while driving and using a phone without hands-free while driving were dangerous. A smaller group agreed that using a phone with hands-free was dangerous, although with a higher percentage in 2013 than in 2006.
To what extent would you agree or disagree that the following phone use behaviours are dangerous?
Characteristic
Use mobile phone to text whilst driving
Use mobile phone without hands-free
Use mobile phone with hands-free
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Department for Transport (UK). (August 1, 2013). To what extent would you agree or disagree that the following phone use behaviours are dangerous? [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved August 24, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/322628/perceived-danger-of-using-mobile-phone-whilst-driving-in-the-united-kingdom-uk/
Department for Transport (UK). "To what extent would you agree or disagree that the following phone use behaviours are dangerous?." Chart. August 1, 2013. Statista. Accessed August 24, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/322628/perceived-danger-of-using-mobile-phone-whilst-driving-in-the-united-kingdom-uk/
Department for Transport (UK). (2013). To what extent would you agree or disagree that the following phone use behaviours are dangerous?. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: August 24, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/322628/perceived-danger-of-using-mobile-phone-whilst-driving-in-the-united-kingdom-uk/
Department for Transport (UK). "To What Extent Would You Agree or Disagree That The following Phone Use Behaviours Are Dangerous?." Statista, Statista Inc., 1 Aug 2013, https://www.statista.com/statistics/322628/perceived-danger-of-using-mobile-phone-whilst-driving-in-the-united-kingdom-uk/
Department for Transport (UK), To what extent would you agree or disagree that the following phone use behaviours are dangerous? Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/322628/perceived-danger-of-using-mobile-phone-whilst-driving-in-the-united-kingdom-uk/ (last visited August 24, 2024)
To what extent would you agree or disagree that the following phone use behaviours are dangerous? [Graph], Department for Transport (UK), August 1, 2013. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/322628/perceived-danger-of-using-mobile-phone-whilst-driving-in-the-united-kingdom-uk/