Table 2.

Percentages of risky driving behaviors^A by driver characteristics and employer motor vehicle safety policies among respondents who drove for work (n = 363).

	Driving 10 or more mph over the speed limit		Talking on handheld cell phone		Talking on hands-free cell phone		Sending text messages		Not always wearing a seat belt
	No	Yes	No	Yes	No	Yes	No	Yes	No	Yes
Total	75.1	24.9	75.9	24.1	40.2	59.8	82.1	17.9	87.8	12.2
Race and ethnicity
Hispanic or Latino	85.0	15.0*	83.3	16.7*	45.1	54.9	84.2	15.8	89.1	10.9
Non-Hispanic, White	69.9	30.1*	71.5	28.5*	37.1	62.9	81.0	19.0	87.3	12.7
Non-Hispanic, Non-White	78.6	21.4*	82.1	17.9*	50.0	50.0	82.1	17.9	85.7	14.3 D
Company type
Operator	79.1	20.9	65.9	34.1**	31.9	68.1*	72.5	27.5**	89.0	11.0
ContractorB	73.5	26.5	80.9	19.1**	43.8	56.3*	86.3	13.7**	87.8	12.2
Ever been in a work crash C
Yes	64.7	35.3	61.8	38.2*	11.8	88.2***	67.6	32.4*	79.4	20.6 D
No	76.5	23.4	77.4	22.6*	43.2	56.8***	84.1	15.9*	89.2	10.8
Employer motor vehicle safety policies
Bans texting while driving
Yes	76.7	23.3*	78.2	21.8**	40.5	59.5	83.3	16.7	89.0	11.0*
No or Don’t know	59.5	40.5*	55.3	44.7**	42.1	57.9	71.1	28.9	76.3	23.7*D
Bans handheld cell phones
Yes	76.2	23.8	80.1	19.9***	43.3	56.7*	83.6	16.4	88.7	11.3
No or Don’t know	70.7	29.3	60.5	39.5***	30.3	69.7*	76.3	23.7	84.0	16.0
Bans hands-free cell phones
Yes	75.6	24.4	78.3	21.7	67.5	32.5***	85.0	15.0	85.0	15.0
No or Don’t know	74.6	25.4	74.3	25.7	26.5	73.5***	80.4	19.6	89.1	10.9
Has driver safety orientation at hire
Yes	75.7	24.3	78.1	21.9	42.8	57.2	84.0	16.0	89.6	10.4*
No or Don’t know	73.4	26.6	70.0	30.0	33.8	66.3	77.5	22.5	81.0	19.0*
Uses in-vehicle monitoring systems (IVMS)
Yes	75.5	24.5	75.2	24.8	41.1	58.9	82.9	17.1	90.7	9.3*
No or Don’t know	73.5	26.5	77.0	23.0	38.0	62.0	80.0	20.0	80.8	19.2*
Has journey management policy
Yes	79.4	20.6	81.4	18.6*	48.8	51.3**	87.5	12.5*	88.8	11.3
No or Don’t know	70.9	29.1	70.8	29.2*	33.0	67.0**	77.3	22.7*	87.0	13.0

^*p <.05

^**p <.01

^***p <.001 based on chi-square tests.

^AFor the driving behaviors “driving 10 + mph over the speed limit,” “talking on handheld cell phone,” “talking on hands-free cell phone,” and “sending text messages while driving,” the response category “Yes” includes those who responded Always, Often, and Sometimes, and the reference category “No” includes those who responded Rarely and Never. For the driving behavior “not always wearing a seat belt,” the response category “Yes” includes those who responded Often, Sometimes, Rarely, and Never to how often they wore a seat belt while driving their company vehicle, and the reference category “No” includes those who responded Always.

^BContractors are workers who reported company type as drilling contractor, servicing company, or other.

^CRespondents were asked: “In your working career driving in the oilfield, have you ever been in a crash as a driver or passenger in which there was a death, injury requiring medical attention, or a vehicle was towed?”.

^DChi-square results for expected cell sizes < 5 in these cells may be unreliable.