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Poll: Ohioans back ban on texting while driving
TweetBy Marc Kovac
COLUMBUS — Ohioans overwhelmingly support a ban on texting or using hand-held cell phones while driving, according to a new poll.
A total of 89 percent support the texting ban, and 75 percent say hand-held cell phones should be off limits on the road, according to the Quinnipiac University Polling Institute’s results released Tuesday.
And about 84 percent of those polled said banning hand-held cell phones while driving would improve safety on Ohio’s roads.
The texting and cell-phone prohibitions are addressed in a handful of bills introduced by state lawmakers and expected to be acted upon in coming weeks.
“Support for limiting cell-phone use while driving has become a motherhood-and-apple-pie issue,” Peter Brown, assistant director of the polling institute, said in a released statement.
The Connecticut-based university regularly gauges Ohioans’ opinions on candidates and issues.
Over the past week, it questioned 1,074 registered voters on Gov. Ted Strickland, expanded gambling in the state and other issues.
Among the results:
UA total of 60 percent of voters support the governor’s decision to install video-lottery terminals at the state’s seven horse-racing tracks.
UAnd 56 percent support legalized casino gambling in Ohio, compared with 37 percent who do not.
UA total of 58 percent support a November ballot issue to allow casinos at specific sites in Cleveland, Cincinnati, Columbus and Toledo. But 60 percent of those polled said they would not visit a casino.
“Gambling opponents, who have beat back previous efforts to bring casinos to Ohio four times, have their work cut out for them if they are to prevail this time,” Brown said.
UForty-eight percent of voters approve of the way Strickland is handling his job, up slightly from 46 percent in July. Forty-two percent voiced disapproval of his efforts in July and the most recent poll.
In contrast, 54 percent disapprove of the way the governor is handling the state economy, and 47 percent disapprove of his handling of the state budget.
“Gov. Ted Strickland’s slide has stopped, and there is a little upward movement in the public’s view of him over the summer,” Brown said. “But his numbers remain far below where they were before the state’s budget impasse. While final approval of a budget has helped in the public’ eyes, he still bears some political scars from that prolonged fight.”
mkovac@dixcom.com
Comments
What about casino's in the mv? Right near that river that the mills used to spew their poison into? Cell phones while driving are dangerous, thank God that we have big brother yet again saving us from ourselves.
You can ban texting, that is obvious. However, I would say people jamming on their brakes when they see a cop with the radar gun is a lot more dangerous than carrying on a conversation on your cell phone.
Why search4, that would mean you were pretty close behind someone that was speeding. Correct?
I don't deny speeding at some points. However, people still break just at the sight of cops regardless of their speeds. In traffic that braking gets multiplied when the whole pack is braking. I'm more concerned about being hit in the back while braking for the person ahead of me.
Try setting your cruize control at the posted speed limit and not talking on a cell phone while driving, it may amuse you to see how much safer the roads will be, oh and finish your beer before getting into the car.
Or we should raise our speed limits to what the other states have set... or what the flow of traffic goes at anyhow. Ohio should take a page from Michigan and raise it to 70...
Better yet, why don't we all drive like the idiots do in new jersey on the garden state? Then we won't need an amendment in the health care bill for end of life consiling. Our population problems will take care of themselves.
We act as if speed limits are set by God and to drive faster than the limit will some how make us unsafe. In most cases speed limits are set by politicians and not be engineers. Its an artificial number and bears no relationship to the ability to safely drive over a particular stretch of road. I have found that most speed limits are set 5 to 10 mph lower than what a comfortable driving speed is.
Testing while driving is definitely a No-No. Yakkin on the cell phone should be banned.In the last few day I have seen many drivers (men,women and teens alike) NOT paying attention to what they are doing or SHOULD be doing while yakkin on the phone.
One woman had just backed out of her driveway,RIGHT IN FRONT of me mind you, went to the corner,did not even look both ways and pulled out in front of another car.
one male driver came off Rt422 and ran the red light while yakkin on the cell.
Peaple are careless when they are on the phone.
Hey Get this! YSU Securty did the same the other day. Light turned red and he came thru while laughing and yakkin on the cell.
BANN TALKING WHILE DRIVING!
BTW The woman was on the cell while backing out of her driveway.
80% percent of all rear end collisions are caused by driver inattention, following too closely, external distraction (talking on cell phones, shaving, applying makeup, fiddling with the radio or CD player, kids, texting, etc.) and poor judgement. There seems to be no way to stop the madness so I got one of these sparebumper.com