FDU PublicMind - June 27, 2007 Release

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	Men	Women	Lib	Mod	Cons	17-30	31-45	44-60	60+
Above average	68%	74	62	64	66	72	67	76	66	68
Just average	30%	24	35	35	32	26	30	23	33	31
Below average	1%	1	1	1	1	1	2	--	1	1
Unsure/ref.	1%	1	1	--	1	1	1	--	1	1

Question: How often do you wear your seatbelt…READ?
		All	17-30	31-45	44-60	60+
	Always	87%	75	92	88	86
	Most of the time	7%	13	3	7	10
	Just sometimes	3%	8	3	3	3
	Never	3%	5	2	2	1

Question: How often would you say you drive over 65 miles an hour on the turnpike or interstate highway… READ?
	All	Age				Commute		Cellphone use
	All	17-30	31-45	44-60	60+	<20	20+	Often	Rarely
Most of the time	29%	45	26	29	23	27	47	45	24
Often	20%	26	23	22	11	21	26	26	19
Just once in a while	33%	15	34	39	36	37	20	24	37
Never	16%	13	15	9	28	14	6	5	19
Unsure/ref.	1%	1	1	1	1	--	--	1	1

Question: How often would you say you drive over… miles an hour on the turnpike or interstate highway… READ?
		Over 70	Over 75
	Most of the time	10%	3%
	Often	11%	4%
	Just once in a while	36%	24%
	Never	42%	67%
	Unsure	2%	1%

Question: The posted speed limit is 65 on most highways in New Jersey, but what would you say is the actual speed limit—the speed at which you can go on a New Jersey highway without getting a speeding ticket?
	65 mph	14%
	66-69 mph	3%
	70-74 mph	49%
	75-79 mph	27%
	80+ mph	5%
	Don't know	2%

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
		All	17-30	31-45	44-60	60+	Men	Women
	Yes	48%	37	45	48	60	42	54
	No	46%	57	49	46	34	52	40
	Less (vol)	1%	1	--	--	2	1	--
	Unsure (vol)	6%	5	7	6	4	6	6

Question: What do you think are your chances of being in a life threatening car crash at some point…[READ]?
		All	Age				Gender
		All	17-30	31-45	44-60	60+	Men	Women
	Very likely	11%	16	10	13	6	12	10
	Somewhat likely	38%	42	41	34	36	31	44
	Not likely	24%	22	24	26	23	26	22
	Very unlikely	19%	17	17	19	23	23	16
	Unsure	9%	4	8	9	12	9	9

Question: Thinking about drivers from the states around you… which state would you say has the worst drivers…[READ: ROTATE]?
			North Jersey	South Jersey
	New York	55%	58	49
	Pennsylvania	15%	12	20
	New Jersey (volunteered)	9%	9	9
	Connecticut	3%	2	4
	Maryland	2%	1	2
	Delaware	1%	1	1
	Other (volunteered)	3%	2	3
	Unsure/ref.	13%	14	12

Question: By the way, to the best of your knowledge, are drivers in New Jersey actually required by law to stop for people in a crosswalk or is it not a legal requirement?
	All	Men	Women	Lib	Mod	Cons	17- 30	31- 45	46- 60	60+
Yes, required	87%	88	85	88	88	85	92	87	88	82
No, not required	6%	6	6	4	6	8	5	5	4	10
Don't know	8%	6	9	8	6	7	3	8	9	9

Question: Now let me ask about driving and cell phones. How often do you personally drive your car and at the same time hold your cell phone and talk into it…READ?
		All	Age				Drives over 65 mph		Oct. 2005
		All	17-30	31-45	44-60	60+	Often +	Rarely-
	Very often	9%	19	10	8	2	15	3	10%
	Sometimes	17%	22	20	19	8	22	11	13%
	Rarely	28%	24	32	30	22	30	26	23%
	Never	43%	34	36	42	58	32	54	47%
	Unsure/don't have one	3%	1	3	2	10	1	5	7%

Question: Currently, police in New Jersey cannot stop and ticket a driver just for driving and talking on a hand-held cell phone. Do you support or oppose changing the law so police can stop and ticket a driver just for using a hand-held phone while driving?
	All	Age				Cellphone use		Oct. 2005
	All	17-30	31-45	44-60	60+	often +	rarely -
Support	73%	65	74	70	84	55	80	75%
Oppose	23%	31	23	26	14	41	17	23%
DK/ref.	3%	4	3	4	2	4	3	2%

Question: Some people have proposed that cameras should be used to enforce speed limits and red lights. The cameras would take photographs of drivers who speed or run lights and a ticket would be mailed to the car owner's home. The ticket would carry a fine--but no points. Do you support or oppose using cameras for this purpose?
	All	Men	Wom	Dem	Ind	Rep	Com- muters		17- 30	31- 45	46- 60	60+
	All	Men	Wom	Dem	Ind	Rep	0-20	20+	17- 30	31- 45	46- 60	60+
Support	55%	48	61	60	55	47	55	45	62	50	49	65
Oppose	41%	48	33	35	42	49	41	53	37	46	47	26
Don't know	5%	4	5	5	4	3	4	1	1	4	4	9

Question: In the past three years have you personally…[Read/Rotate List]
	All	Men	Wom	17- 30		31- 45	46- 60	60+	Commutes
	All	Men	Wom	17- 30		31- 45	46- 60	60+	0-20 miles	20+ miles
…been involved in any kind of a crash?
Yes	17%	16	18	27		20	12	14	18	16
No	83%	84	82	73		79	88	85	82	84
Unsure	--	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0
…received a speeding ticket?
Yes	10%	12	9		25	9	8	6	10	16
No	89%	88	90		75	90	92	94	90	84
Unsure	--	0	0		0	1	0	0	0	0
…driven after drinking alcohol?
Yes	23%	33	14		21	25	25	20	24	32
No	76%	67	85		79	74	74	79	76	68
Unsure	1%	0	1		0	1	0	1	0	0
…driven while drowsy?
Yes	30%	39	22		47	34	28	19	33	48
No	69%	61	76		52	65	71	80	66	52
Unsure	1%	1	1		1	1	1	0	1	0
…made a rude gesture at another driver?
Yes	26%	32	21		38	29	26	17	26	33
No	72%	66	78		62	69	74	82	74	65
Unsure	1%	1	0		0	2	0	1	0	2
Refused	--	0	0		0	1	0	0	0	0

Question: Finally, just give me your best estimate… about how many people in New Jersey are killed in car crashes each year?
	fewer than 500	36%
	from 500 to 1000	27%
	more than 1000	32%
	don't know/ref.	5%

Question: [Ask married and living as married only] How do you rate your spouse's driving skills…?
N=605	All	Men	Wom	Lib	Mod	Cons	17- 30	31- 45	46- 60	60+
Above Average	58%	53	62	58	57	61	44	57	62	60
Just Average	33%	35	31	34	39	30	48	35	30	29
Below Average	5%	5	4	7	1	4	8	5	4	3
Don't Know	2%	4	1	1	1	4	0	1	3	4
Refused	3%	4	2	0	2	2	0	3	1	3

Question: And would you say your spouse is a better or worse driver than you?
N=605	All	Men	Women	Lib	Mod	Cons	17- 30	31- 45	46- 60	60+
Better	36%	23	48	32	49	35	21	37	39	35
About the Same	23%	28	18	25	23	21	29	24	18	27
Worse	35%	38	32	40	24	37	50	35	37	26
Don't Know	4%	7	1	2	4	5	0	1	5	8
Refused	3%	4	2	1	2	2	0	3	1	4

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