A new survey shows that smartphone app usage among gig-economy workers is 4 times more likely to occur than among other drivers.
A new survey from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety shows that smartphone app usage among gig-economy workers is 4 times more likely to occur than among other drivers. The study also reveals that parents are nearly 50% more prone to routinely making video calls, checking weather reports, and other types of smartphone-enabled distractions than drivers without children 18 or younger.
Since the new abundance of smartphone apps in recent years the potential for smartphone driving-related distractions has increased, along with it. Anything that diverts the driver’s attention — eating, adjusting the radio, putting on makeup — can increase the risk of a crash. But tasks involving smartphones and their apps can be both more demanding and more tempting than other common distractions.
“Hands-free operation is generally believed to be less dangerous since drivers can more easily keep their eyes on the road,” said IIHS Research Associate Aimee Cox, the lead author of the study. “However, it doesn’t eliminate the distraction altogether.”
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