Driving and Talking? Go get 'em!

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Tabular Results
Survey Details

Seven out of ten likely New Jersey voters (70%) say they rarely or never drive and talk on a hand-held cell phone. According to the most recent Fairleigh Dickinson University PublicMind poll only 10% say they do so very often, including a quarter (27%) of voters under 35 years old and just 2% of voters 65 and older. In fact, two-thirds of voters 65 and over say they never drive and talk on a hand held phone, while only about one-third (31%) of voters under 35 say they never drive and yap while holding the phone.

BUT 84% of these voters say they very often see other people driving and talking on a hand-held phone.

Three-quarters (75%) of these likely voters—about the same percentage who say they rarely or never do it themselves—approve of the acting governor's proposal to let police issue a $100 ticket to people seen driving and talking into a hand-held set. The high approval rating holds across party affiliation, gender, age and race.

“A very popular governor seems to have found a popular initiative to put through the legislature,” said Peter Woolley, a professor of political science and director of the poll.

The PublicMind poll of 602 likely voters statewide was conducted by telephone from October 4 through October 9 and has a margin of error of +/- 4 percentage points.

Poll Analysis

Contacts:

Peter Woolley 973.670.3239
or
Krista Jenkins 973.443.8390

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