This statistic represents the results of a survey in 2017 across eight cities in India about the reasons truck and bus owners make calls while driving. About 49 percent of respondents made calls if travelling at a low speed, while about four percent made calls when tired during the survey period.
Reasons truck and bus owners make calls while driving across India in 2017*
Among respondents who own a mobile phone and drive a two or four wheeler regularly across eight cities
Method of interview
Questionnaire
Supplementary notes
According to the source, within each city, four categories of drivers were surveyed: two-wheeler drivers, four-wheeler drivers, truck/bus drivers and auto-rickshaw drivers. Cities surveyed: Delhi, Chennai, Jaipur, Bengaluru, Mangaluru, Kanpur, Mumbai and Kolkata.
*Among 140 truck and bus drivers.
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