Road Safety UAE and QIC Insured released the findings of their most recent YouGov research wave, shedding light on one of the most dangerous behaviors behind the wheel: the use of the mobile phone while driving.
Most vulnerable are the 25-29 year old’s and Sharjah residents. Westerners have the best habit of resting their mobile phone while driving.
It has also been found that 74 per cent of drivers use mobile phones for incoming calls, and 43 per cent for outgoing calls, 19 per cent used them for incoming messages like SMS, WhatsApp and 14 per cent used them for outgoing messages.
Interestingly, older drivers respond most to incoming calls, while younger drivers lead in outgoing calls and messages.
Thomas Edelmann, Founder & Managing Director of Road Safety UAE states: “It is alarming to see, that only 26% of motorists ‘never’ use their mobile while driving. Distracted driving is among the top causes of accidents, injuries and death on UAE’s roads and the use of mobile phones behind the wheel is one of the major sources of distraction.”
Mobile calling and texting is so dangerous, because it combines the 4 forms of distraction:
• Manual distraction (taking the hands off the wheel)
• Visual distraction (taking the eyes off the road)
• Distraction of the mind (taking your attention off the road)
• Auditory distraction (taking your ears away from traffic sounds)
Important details
1. 60% of respondents use their hands-free in 50% of their drives or more.
2. 35% use the car’s built-in hands-free, 31% cable hands-free and 23% portable Bluetooth devices.
3. Of those drivers, whose cars have built-in hands-free, 75% actually use it, and the ones who don’t use it, claim better functionality and easier use of their hand held mobile phones.
4. The use of hands-free is more popular with older drivers.
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