This statistic represents the results of a survey in 2017 across eight cities in India about the reasons car owners answer calls while driving. About 40 percent of respondents took calls while driving if it was work-related or if they travelled at a low speed, while about ten percent answered calls out of boredom during the survey period.
Reasons car owners answer calls while driving across India in 2017*
Among respondents who own a mobile phone and drive a two or four wheeler regularly across eight cities
Method of interview
Questionnaire
Supplementary notes
According to the source, within each city, four categories of drivers were surveyed: two-wheeler drivers, four-wheeler drivers, truck/bus drivers and auto-rickshaw drivers. Cities surveyed: Delhi, Chennai, Jaipur, Bengaluru, Mangaluru, Kanpur, Mumbai and Kolkata.
*Among 223 car drivers.
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SaveLIFE Foundation. (April 29, 2017). Reasons car owners answer calls while driving across India in 2017* [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved January 03, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/703789/purpose-of-answering-calls-while-driving-among-car-drivers-india/
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