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  • Younger drivers 18 to 20 years old are more likely than older age groups to make  phone calls while driving due to boredom
  • The majority of respondents (66%) indicate their most common action when receiving calls while driving is to answer and keep driving. The most common method of talking involves holding the phone in one’s hand (45%).
  • When making calls, speed dialing is the most common method (36%).
  • Males report making and answering more phone calls that are work-related than women (22% men, 8% women), and answering all incoming calls (20% men, 14% women).

**Source: U.S. Dept of Transportation National Highway Traffic Safety Admin., National Phone Survey on Distracted Driving; Attitudes & Behaviors, Dec. 2011.
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TEENS & DISTRACTED DRIVING

AAA discusses ways to help teenagers (and others) refrain from distracted driving.