This statistic represents the results of a survey in 2017 across eight cities in India about the share of respondents who felt unsafe and would say something to a distracted driver, based on type. Among two-wheelers, about 62 percent of respondents would have said something to the driver if he/she was distracted and the passenger felt unsafe.
Passengers who felt unsafe and would say something to a distracted driver across India in 2017, by type
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Among respondents who own a mobile phone and drive a two or four wheeler regularly across eight cities
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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.
Survey title: Proportion of respondents who on feeling unsafe due to driver's distracted driving, would say something to the driver by typology.
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SaveLIFE Foundation. (April 29, 2017). Passengers who felt unsafe and would say something to a distracted driver across India in 2017, by type [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved April 18, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/706122/reaction-if-driver-was-distracted-while-driving-india/
SaveLIFE Foundation. "Passengers who felt unsafe and would say something to a distracted driver across India in 2017, by type." Chart. April 29, 2017. Statista. Accessed April 18, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/706122/reaction-if-driver-was-distracted-while-driving-india/
SaveLIFE Foundation. (2017). Passengers who felt unsafe and would say something to a distracted driver across India in 2017, by type. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: April 18, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/706122/reaction-if-driver-was-distracted-while-driving-india/
SaveLIFE Foundation. "Passengers Who Felt Unsafe and Would Say Something to a Distracted Driver across India in 2017, by Type." Statista, Statista Inc., 29 Apr 2017, https://www.statista.com/statistics/706122/reaction-if-driver-was-distracted-while-driving-india/
SaveLIFE Foundation, Passengers who felt unsafe and would say something to a distracted driver across India in 2017, by type Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/706122/reaction-if-driver-was-distracted-while-driving-india/ (last visited April 18, 2025)
Passengers who felt unsafe and would say something to a distracted driver across India in 2017, by type [Graph], SaveLIFE Foundation, April 29, 2017. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/706122/reaction-if-driver-was-distracted-while-driving-india/
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