Q. What’s a good starting point for addressing cell phone safety?
First, communicate with employees and drivers the crash risks and the need for a policy...
A. Having a no cell-phone-use-while-driving policy is ideal. Even talking on the phone hands-free can be a cognitive distraction, since you’re taking your mind off the primary task of driving. The policy should make clear drivers should not make or take calls and all forms of cell-phone use are prohibited while driving. Using functions, like navigation, the route is programmed prior to putting the vehicle in drive. Make sure you have a policy with consequences for not following it, not a suggestion or recommendation. The bottom-line is to keep your employees safe while they’re doing their jobs, and this should be clearly communicated when the policy is introduced. On the flipside, the policy should not feel like a punitive measure, this will result in employees pushing back or not following the policy.
Director of Business Development at ORIGOSafeDriver
First, communicate with employees and drivers the crash risks and the need for a policy...
Technology is the key to truly enforcing a no-cell-phone policy...
In today’s environment, every fleet should have a cell phone policy, at the very least, in place. With many business’s still feeling the financial impacts of the pandemic, crashes can have even greater bottom-line consequences...
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