angus reid driving habits poll

7/27/2019 Angus Reid Driving Habits Poll

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CONTACT:Mario Canseco, Vice President, Angus Reid Public Opinion, 877-730-3570, [email protected]

For Immediate ReleaseCanadian Public Opinion Poll

DRIVING

Most Canadians Have Seen Drivers

Using Hand-Held Cell PhonesBad driving habits, such as cutting into a lane without signalling and

tailgating, are seemingly more prevalent in British Columbia and Alberta.

[VANCOUVER Jul. 19, 2012] Despite the fact

that all Canadian provinces have enacted

legislation to restrain the use of hand-held cell

phones while driving, a large proportion of

Canadians have observed the practice recently, a

new Angus Reid Public Opinion poll has found.

In the online survey of a representative sample of

1,001 Canadian adults, nine-in-ten respondents

(90%) say they have seen a driver talking on a

hand-held cell phone while driving.

Support for a national regulation to ban the use of

hand-held cell phones while driving has increased

by six points since an Angus Reid Public Opinion

surveyconducted in November 2010. Practically

nine-in-ten Canadians (89%) are in favour of a

law that would be applied at the federal level.

Driving Habits

More than four-in-five Canadians have witnessed

a driver speeding (87%) and turning without

having signalled first (82%) over the course of the

past month.

A majority of respondents across the country also

report seeing drivers tailgating (77%), cutting into another lane without notice (67%), multitasking while

driving (65%) and running red lights (59%).

KEY FINDINGS

90% have observed a driver talking on ahand-held cell phone while driving; 89%

call for a federal regulation to ban this

practice.

87% have witnessed a driver speeding;82% have seen a driver turn without

having signalled first.

53% have honked their horn at a baddriver; 29% have cursed at the driver.

Full topline results are at the end of this release.

From June 28 to June 29, 2012, Angus Reid Public Opinion

conducted an online survey among 1,001 randomly selected

Canadian adults who are Angus Reid Forum panellists. The

margin of errorwhich measures sampling variabilityis +/-

3.1%, 19 times out of 20. The results have been statistically

weighted according to the most current education, age, gender

and region Census data to ensure a sample representative of

the entire adult population of Canada. Discrepancies in or

between totals are due to rounding.
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Almost half of Canadians say they have seen a driveror a passengerlittering (46%) and a driver

turning where a turn is not allowed (45%). The least reported bad habit is a driver invading the crosswalk

when people are on it (33%).

Albertans and British Columbians are ahead of the national average on most of the negative categories,

particularly on cutting into another lane without notice and tailgating. Albertan drivers seem to lead the

way in multitasking, running red lights and littering, while British Columbian drivers are apparently more

likely than others to turn where they should not and invade the crosswalk. Atlantic Canadians appear to

be especially mindful of not littering, while Quebecers rarely see a driver invading the crosswalk.

Reactions

When facing a bad driver, more than half of Canadians (53%) have honked their horn, while three-in-ten

(29%) have cursed at the driver and one-in-five (20%) have waved their fist, arms or hands. Only 15 per

cent have made an obscene gesture, and nine per cent have called the police to report the driver.

Most people in Alberta (59%), Quebec (56%) and Ontario (55%) have honked their horn at a bad driver.

Albertans, however, are markedly more likely to curse at a bad driver (38%), wave their fist, arms or

hands (27%) and call the police to report the driver (18%).

Across the country, 78 per cent of respondents say that none ora few of the drivers in their

municipality are bad drivers, while one-in-five (20%) claim that most orall of them are bad drivers. The

only areas where at least one-in-four respondents referred to most orall drivers as bad are Manitoba

and Saskatchewan (27%), Alberta (26%) and Ontario (25%).

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Driving

Would you support or oppose a federal regulation to ban the use of hand-held cell phones while driving?

TotalRegion

BC AB MB/SK ON PQ ATL

Support 89% 91% 84% 90% 92% 84% 92%

Oppose 10% 8% 15% 8% 8% 15% 5%

Not sure 1% 0% 1% 2% 0% 1% 4%

Driving

Have you witnessed any of the following behaviours over the course of the past month?

Total

Region


A driver talking on a hand-held cellphone while driving

90% 95% 94% 88% 91% 87% 87%

A driver speeding 87% 93% 86% 90% 91% 76% 87%

A driver turning without having signalled first 82% 85% 84% 88% 85% 77% 79%

A driver tailgating 77% 83% 82% 71% 74% 77% 76%

A driver cutting into anotherlane without notice

67% 83% 82% 67% 80% 33% 70%

A driver multitasking while driving (reading,checking PDA, applying make-up, etc.)

65% 71% 76% 54% 70% 54% 65%

A driver running a red light 59% 63% 73% 52% 64% 50% 50%

A driver (or a passenger) littering 46% 43% 58% 43% 49% 42% 39%

A driver turning where a turn is not allowed 45% 56% 50% 35% 45% 44% 30%

A driver invading the crosswalkwhen people are on it

33% 56% 51% 31% 35% 11% 39%


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Driving

Have you responded to a bad driver with any of the following behaviours?

TotalRegion


Honked your horn 53% 43% 59% 45% 55% 56% 47%

Cursed at the driver 29% 27% 38% 26% 36% 18% 28%

Waved your fist / arms / hands 20% 18% 27% 21% 21% 18% 18%

Made an obscene gesture 15% 16% 19% 11% 18% 13% 7%

Called the police to report the driver 9% 9% 18% 10% 8% 6% 9%

Driving

Overall, how would you rate the drivers in your municipality?

TotalRegion


None of them are bad drivers /A few of them are bad drivers

78% 81% 74% 71% 73% 83% 84%

Most of them are bad drivers /All of them are bad drivers

20% 19% 26% 27% 25% 14% 13%

Not sure 2% 0% 0% 2% 2% 3% 3%

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