FDU PublicMind - July 22, 2008 Release

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In the past three years have you personally, sent a text message while driving?
		Age					Non-White	HS or less	Some College	College	College Plus
	All	17-29	30-44	45-60	60+	White	Non-White	HS or less	Some College	College	College Plus
Yes	15%	51	20	7	1	13	22	8	19	19	14
No	84%	49	80	92	98	86	77	90	80	80	86
Don't Know	1%	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	0
Refused	0%	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0

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 ... ?
		Age					Non-White	HS or less	Some College	College	College Plus
	All	17-29	30-44	45-60	60+	White	Non-White	HS or less	Some College	College	College Plus
Very Often	5%	10	8	4	0	5	6	2	4	7	6
Sometimes	11%	26	14	8	3	9	16	10	14	10	8
Rarely	22%	22	26	28	14	23	21	14	23	24	30
Never	59%	41	52	58	76	60	55	70	55	57	54
Don't Know	0%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
Don't Have Cell Phone	3%	0	0	2	7	3	2	4	3	2	2

How often do you see people driving a car while holding a cell phone and talking....?
		Age				HS or less	Some College	College	College Plus
	All	17-29	30-44	45-60	60+	HS or less	Some College	College	College Plus
Very Often	79%	75	77	83	78	84	82	75	77
Sometimes	15%	21	17	12	16	12	12	19	18
Rarely	3%	3	5	2	3	1	4	4	3
Never	2%	1	1	2	2	3	1	1	1
Don't Know	1%	0	0	1	1	0	1	1	1

Do you think that driving and talking on a hand-held phone is more or less dangerous than driving and using a hands-free phone?
		Age				HS or less	Some College	College	College Plus
	All	17-29	30-44	45-60	60+	HS or less	Some College	College	College Plus
More Dangerous	67%	60	68	67	70	64	64	67	74
Less Dangerous	10%	16	10	11	8	9	11	13	9
Don't Know	23%	24	22	22	22	27	25	20	17

Now, let me ask. How often do you personally drive your car and at the same time talk into a hands-free cell phone?
		Don't Drive to Work	All Commuters	Drive Less than 20 miles	Drive more than 20 miles
	All	Don't Drive to Work	All Commuters	Drive Less than 20 miles	Drive more than 20 miles
Very Often	19%	12	24	20	33
Sometimes	15%	12	18	16	22
Rarely	15%	13	17	18	14
Never	46%	55	39	42	28
Don't Know	1%	1	0	1	0
Don't Have Cell Phone	4%	7	2	3	1

To the best of your knowledge, can police stop and ticket drivers just for talking on a hand-held phone?
		Age				HS or less	Some College	College	College Plus
	All	17-29	30-44	45-60	60+	HS or less	Some College	College	College Plus
Yes	91%	89	93	93	88	87	89	94	92
No	4%	9	4	3	2	5	7	3	2
Don't Know	5%	2	3	4	10	8	4	3	6

Police in New Jersey can now stop and ticket drivers just for talking on a hand-held phone. Do you support or oppose this law?
				Age					Never Married
	All	Men	Women	17-29	30-44	45-60	60+	Married	Never Married
Support	88%	84	92	81	86	87	94	89	83
Oppose	10%	13	6	16	12	10	4	8	14
Don't Know	2%	3	2	3	2	3	2	3	3

In the past three years have you personally, made a rude gesture at another driver?
				Age				HS or less	Some College	College	College Plus
	All	Men	Women	17-29	30-44	45-60	60+	HS or less	Some College	College	College Plus
Yes	27%	28	26	37	38	24	18	23	30	27	31
No	73%	72	74	63	62	75	82	77	70	73	69
Don't Know/ Don't Remember	0%	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0

When you're driving on a New Jersey highway, how often would you say you drive over 65 miles an hour?
				Age					Never Married
	All	Men	Women	17-29	30-44	45-60	60+	Married	Never Married
Most of the time	25%	24	26	43	26	21	19	22	33
Often	20%	22	19	20	29	22	12	20	21
Just once in a while	37%	37	37	22	30	43	43	40	26
Never	17%	16	18	15	14	13	25	17	20
Don't Know	1%	1	0	0	1	0	1	1	0
Refused	0%	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0

[Excluding those who "Never" drive over 65]: And how often would you say that you drive over 70 miles an hour?
Most of the time	8%	8	7	15	8	7	5	6	14
Often	12%	13	11	26	13	11	6	10	19
Just once in a while	46%	50	42	37	50	46	44	49	34
Never	33%	28	38	21	28	35	44	34	32
Don't Know	1%	1	1	1	1	0	1	1	1
Refused	0%	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0
[Excluding those who "Never" drive over 70 And how often would you say that you drive over 75 miles an hour?
Most of the time	3%	4	2	9	2	1	2	2	7
Often	4%	5	4	9	2	5	2	4	6
Just once in a while	43%	46	39	56	40	42	34	40	55
Never	49%	45	54	24	55	50	62	54	31
Don't Know	0%	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0
Refused	1%	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	1

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?
				Age					Non-White
	All	Men	Women	17-29	30-44	45-60	60+	White	Non-White
65 to 69	18%	16	19	15	13	16	23	16	24
70 to 74	48%	49	47	48	50	55	42	48	48
75 to79	21%	22	20	27	26	16	18	22	18
80 to 85	4%	6	4	5	5	6	3	6	1
85 plus	1%	1	1	1	0	1	1	1	0
Don't Know	8%	6	9	4	6	6	13	7	9

In the past three years have you personally, received a speeding ticket?
				Age					Non-White
	All	Men	Women	17-29	30-44	45-60	60+	White	Non-White
Yes	9%	11	7	24	9	9	2	6	17
No	90%	88	92	76	91	90	97	93	81
Don't Know/ Don't Remember	1%	1	1	0	0	1	1	1	2

Some towns will be using cameras to help enforce stopping at red lights. Do you support or oppose towns using cameras to catch red-light runners?
				Age
	All	Men	Women	17-29	30-44	45-60	60+	White	Non-White
Support	77%	72	81	76	78	74	81	77	78
Oppose	19%	25	13	19	17	23	15	19	17
Don't Know	4%	3	6	5	5	4	4	4	5

And what about using cameras to help enforce speed limits. Do you support or oppose towns using cameras to catch speeders?
				Age				HS or less	Some College	College	College Plus
	All	Men	Wom	17-29	30-44	45-60	60+	HS or less	Some College	College	College Plus
Support	62%	57	66	53	60	57	75	73	61	60	50
Oppose	32%	38	26	40	34	37	18	21	34	33	42
Don't Know	7%	5	8	7	6	6	7	6	5	7	8

Thinking about drivers from the states around us. which state would you say has the worst drivers...?
		Age
	All	17-29	30-44	45-60	60+	White	Non-White
Pennsylvania	15%	17	15	15	13	17	9
Maryland	1%	0	1	2	2	1	1
Delaware	1%	0	1	1	1	1	1
New York	54%	61	59	54	48	50	66
Connecticut	2%	4	3	1	2	3	0
New Jersey	8%	4	11	8	6	7	9
Other	3%	3	2	4	4	4	3
Don't Know	15%	11	8	15	23	16	11
Refused	1%	0	0	0	1	1	0

How would you rate your own driving skills compared to most other drivers on the road? Would you say that your skills are ...
				Age					Never Married
	All	Men	Women	17-29	30-44	45-60	60+	Married	Never Married
Above Average	69%	75	64	55	70	77	65	71	63
Just Average	30%	24	36	45	30	23	32	28	37
Below Average	0%	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0
Don't Know/Refused	1%	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0

[Only Married Respondents]: How would you rate your spouse's driving skills?
				Age				HS or less	Some College	College	College Plus
	All	Men	Women	17-29	30-44	45-60	60+	HS or less	Some College	College	College Plus
Above Average	63%	61	64	47	59	67	66	55	52	68	74
Just Average	28%	28	28	29	34	25	25	31	40	25	20
Below Average	3%	3	3	19	1	3	2	4	2	4	1
Don't Know	5%	7	4	5	5	4	7	10	5	2	4
Refused	1%	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	1	1	1
[Only Married Respondents]: And would you say your spouse is a better or a worse driver than you?
Better	34%	22	46	33	42	32	30	29	35	36	35
About the Same	28%	32	23	36	27	28	30	31	32	20	34
Worse	31%	37	24	26	28	34	30	27	30	37	27
Don't Know	5%	7	6	5	2	5	9	12	3	5	3
Refused	2%	2	1	0	1	1	1	1	0	2	1

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