Young People Are More Likely To Use Cell Phones While Driving

Young People Are More Likely to Use a Cell Phone While Driving
Chaveli Lopez
Keiser University

Abstract
Driving is one of the skills that require full attention to control the vehicle and respond to the events happening on the road. Use a cell phone while driving involves visual, manual and mental distractions (NHTSA, 2005). Several studies have found that young people are more likely to use cell phone than older people. Young drivers are almost five times more likely than older drivers to report phone use while driving (McEvoy, 2006). But, others studies had found different results such as women or older people are more likely to use cell phones while driving. Therefore, a study conducted by Strayer found that the use
The questionnaire contained items to ascertain such as driving characteristics of the sample, the frequency of mobile use while driving and adverse incidents relating to the phone use. In the second part of the study telephone interview were conducted by trained professional interviewers. The interviewer provided an explanation and determined the eligibility of the member for the survey. Stata version 8 was used to analyze the data.
The results of the study showed that there were 1347 participants, from those 1114 participants were mobile phone users. Of these, 726 have used a cell phone while driving. These drivers are most likely to be a male between ages 18 to 30. This is the group who is over-represented in crash statistics and report a frequency of use a phone while driving. The results of this study support the hypothesis that younger drivers are more likely to use a cell phone than adults.
The second study was a research conducted by the U.S Department of Transportation. Telephone surveys were conducted to choose the participants. The survey used a random-digit-dialing procedure to select the driver. A person must have a driver license and had driven at least one year. There were a total of 718 participants and they were between ages 18 to 65. From this males represent the 14.9% and females 12.4%. According to this research young drivers report more crashes while using cell phones than
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