Survey: Parents, gig workers most likely to use smartphone apps while driving - WTOP

Lots of drivers admit to being distracted portion down the instrumentality – and parents and gig workers are the worst offenders, according to a caller survey.

A nationwide survey of much than 2,000 licensed drivers recovered that fractional of those surveyed admitted to performing astatine slightest 1 point connected a database of “device-based tasks” during astir oregon each their drives successful the erstwhile 30 days.

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Those tasks see utilizing navigation, calling and texting.

Many of the respondents said they did those tasks hands-free, though the IIHS points retired that adjacent hands-free actions tin instrumentality distant absorption from the road.

The survey recovered that 8 successful 10 respondents who regularly programmed a GPS did truthful hands-free, and that astir 7 successful 10 participants who regularly sent oregon work texts portion driving besides did truthful hands-free.

At the aforesaid time, 8% of respondents reported regularly playing games portion driving; 10% said they regularly watched videos, and 10% said they regularly posted to societal media portion driving.

The survey besides recovered that parents of children 18 and younger and gig system workers were particularly prone to device-based distractions. The IIHS probe points retired the gig workers’ activities “went beyond the usage of their employer’s app.”

“One imaginable crushed could beryllium that they’re much tempted to behaviour different concern oregon find ways to entertain themselves portion driving due to the fact that their jobs unit them to walk truthful overmuch clip down the wheel,” the researchers said.