| Results of SurveyUSA News Poll #19706 |
| 1 | Should driving while talking on a cell phone be legal? Or illegal? |
| 500 Adults | All | Gender | Age | Race | ||||||
| Margin of Sampling Error: ± 4.3% | Male | Female | 18-34 | 35-54 | 55+ | White | Black | Hispanic | Other | |
| Legal | 33% | 42% | 25% | 65% | 37% | 13% | 36% | 19% | 17% | ** |
| Illegal | 62% | 54% | 68% | 29% | 59% | 82% | 58% | 78% | 80% | ** |
| Not Sure | 5% | 3% | 7% | 6% | 4% | 6% | 6% | 3% | 3% | ** |
| Total | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| Composition of Adults | 100% | 47% | 53% | 23% | 35% | 43% | 80% | 8% | 9% | 2% |
| 2 | Should driving while talking on a hands-free phone be legal? Or illegal? |
| 500 Adults | All | Gender | Age | Race | ||||||
| Margin of Sampling Error: ± 4% | Male | Female | 18-34 | 35-54 | 55+ | White | Black | Hispanic | Other | |
| Legal | 73% | 70% | 75% | 90% | 81% | 56% | 77% | 50% | 60% | ** |
| Illegal | 25% | 27% | 23% | 10% | 16% | 40% | 21% | 50% | 31% | ** |
| Not Sure | 3% | 3% | 2% | 0% | 3% | 3% | 2% | 0% | 9% | ** |
| Total | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| Composition of Adults | 100% | 47% | 53% | 23% | 35% | 43% | 80% | 8% | 9% | 2% |
| 3 | Should driving while sending emails or text messages be legal? Or illegal? |
| 500 Adults | All | Gender | Age | Race | ||||||
| Margin of Sampling Error: ± 1.4% | Male | Female | 18-34 | 35-54 | 55+ | White | Black | Hispanic | Other | |
| Legal | 2% | 2% | 2% | 0% | 4% | 2% | 2% | 2% | 0% | ** |
| Illegal | 98% | 97% | 98% | 100% | 96% | 97% | 97% | 97% | 100% | ** |
| Not Sure | 0% | 0% | 1% | 0% | 0% | 1% | 0% | 2% | 0% | ** |
| Total | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| Composition of Adults | 100% | 47% | 53% | 23% | 35% | 43% | 80% | 8% | 9% | 2% |
| 4 | Should laws about using cell phones while driving be decided on at the state level? Or by individual counties and cities? |
| 500 Adults | All | Gender | Age | Race | ||||||
| Margin of Sampling Error: ± 3.2% | Male | Female | 18-34 | 35-54 | 55+ | White | Black | Hispanic | Other | |
| State | 85% | 88% | 83% | 88% | 83% | 86% | 87% | 71% | 79% | ** |
| Individual Counties And Cities | 12% | 9% | 14% | 12% | 11% | 12% | 9% | 28% | 15% | ** |
| Not Sure | 3% | 2% | 4% | 0% | 7% | 2% | 3% | 2% | 6% | ** |
| Total | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| Composition of Adults | 100% | 47% | 53% | 23% | 35% | 43% | 80% | 8% | 9% | 2% |
| 5 | How often do you use a hand held cell phone while driving? Regularly? Occasionally? Or almost never? |
| 500 Adults | All | Gender | Age | Race | ||||||
| Margin of Sampling Error: ± 4.5% | Male | Female | 18-34 | 35-54 | 55+ | White | Black | Hispanic | Other | |
| Do Not Drive | 6% | 4% | 7% | 0% | 2% | 11% | 5% | 6% | 11% | ** |
| Regularly | 15% | 10% | 19% | 25% | 22% | 3% | 14% | 24% | 21% | ** |
| Occasionally | 29% | 39% | 20% | 54% | 27% | 17% | 31% | 19% | 22% | ** |
| Almost Never | 51% | 47% | 54% | 21% | 48% | 68% | 51% | 50% | 46% | ** |
| Not Sure | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | ** |
| Total | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| Composition of Adults | 100% | 47% | 53% | 23% | 35% | 43% | 80% | 8% | 9% | 2% |
| 6 | How often do send emails or text messages while driving? |
| 472 Drivers | All | Gender | Age | Race | ||||||
| Margin of Sampling Error: ± 2.8% | Male | Female | 18-34 | 35-54 | 55+ | White | Black | Hispanic | Other | |
| Regularly | 2% | 2% | 2% | 2% | 3% | 1% | 1% | 0% | 15% | ** |
| Occasionally | 8% | 7% | 9% | 14% | 11% | 1% | 9% | 0% | 5% | ** |
| Almost Never | 90% | 91% | 88% | 84% | 86% | 97% | 90% | 100% | 77% | ** |
| Not Sure | 1% | 0% | 1% | 0% | 0% | 2% | 1% | 0% | 4% | ** |
| Total | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| Composition of Drivers | 100% | 48% | 52% | 24% | 36% | 40% | 81% | 8% | 8% | 2% |