Tables

Question: How would you rate your own driving skills compared to most other drivers on the road? Would you say that your skills are…[READ]?

All

Dem.

Ind.

Rep

Men

Women

18-29

30-44

45-59

60+

Above average

61%

51

64

72

69

54

44

65

66

59

Just average

35%

42

33

26

30

39

56

33

30

 34

Below average

  1%

  1

1

0

--

  1

--

  1

   1

  1

Unsure/ref.

  3%

  5

1

1

 1

  5

--

  1

   2

  6


Question: How often do you worry that you or your loved ones might be in a life threatening car crash…[READ]?

 

All

Education

Gender

HS

Some college

college

College +

Men

Women

Every day

23%

31

25

19

13

18

26

Often

21%

22

24

20

18

17

25

Once in a while

30%

22

29

35

35

29

30

Almost never

25%

21

21

25

33

34

17

Don't know/depends

  2%

 3

  1

  1

  1

 2

  2


Question: Thinking about drivers from the states around you… which state would you say has the worst drivers…[READ: ROTATE]?

New Jersey

 45%

Pennsylvania

 27%

 

Maryland

  9%

 

Delaware [vol]

  4%

 

Other [vol]

  3%

 

DK

12%


Question: When it comes to enforcing speed limits, do you think the police should enforce the limits more strictly than they do, or not?

 

All

Age

gender

18-29

30-44

45-59

60+

Men

Women

Yes

57%

41

44

54

71

49

63

No

40%

59

53

42

24

49

32

Less (vol)

  1%

--

--

  1

  1

 1

  1

Don't know (vol)

  3%

--

  3

  4

  4

 2

  4


Question: Some people have proposed making it much more difficult for teenagers to get a driver's license. Do you support or oppose making it more difficult for teenagers to get a driver's license

 

All

Age

Gender

18-29

30-44

45-59

60+

Men

Women

Support

73%

67

74

73

73

67

78

Oppose

23%

33

21

23

21

29

18

DK

  4%

--

  4

  4

   5

  4

  4


Question: Some people have proposed that the federal government spend more money on driver education classes in high school? Do you support or oppose spending more money on driver education in high school?

 

All

Age

Gender

18-29

30-44

45-59

60+

Men

Women

Support

66%

67

70

63

65

63

67

Oppose

30%

33

27

34

28

35

27

DK

  4%

--

  3

  3

  7

  2

  6


Question: Finally, just give me your best estimate… about how many people in the United States are killed in car crashes each year?

fewer than 25,000

26%

from 25,000 to 34,000

   3%

 

From 35,000 to 55,000

12%

 

From 56,000 to 65,000

   1%

 

More than 65,000

26%

 

Don't know/ref.

32%

 

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