MOBILE WORKS & FLEET SOLUTIONS
“ONE POLICE TRAFFIC OFFICER SAID THEY
ARE STILL CATCHING MORE THAN TEN PEOPLE AN HOUR
USING THEIR MOBILES WHILE DRIVING.”
they should politely terminate the call after explaining why.
Almost 43,000 motorists were caught by police last year for not being “in control of a vehicle,” many of which included mobile phone offences, in fact, 284 were so serious the drivers received a ban.
One police traffic officer said they are catching more than ten people an hour using their mobiles while driving and the problem has been steadily increasing since 2007.
There is little point, say RoSPA, the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents, in having both hands connected to the steering wheel “if the brain is not connected to the hands.”
Psychologists who have studied mobile phone use tell us that we cannot fully concentrate on more than one task at a time – and taking a call, even a hands free one, distracts our attention away from the driving task.
Another scary statistic is that you are more likely to be involved in a collision as the result of a business driver than a drink driver. At least one in four road crashes are business orientated.
No more excuses. Mobile phones do kill and it’s time the public, everyone who drives for work and especially employers took note.
DRIVING TIPS Never use a handheld phone while driving - it’s dangerous and illegal
Hands-free phone use is legal but can be as distracting as using a handheld phone.
Academic evidence suggests education is more effective than paying a fine.
It takes 63 seconds to do the average text message – the time it takes to drive one mile in a car on a motorway or half a mile at 30mph.
Reactions are slower when texting than if you have been drinking or are under the influence of cannabis.
For it will be the company MD or fleet managers who haven’t taken the steps to protect their workforce with proper polices and staff education who will be the next people to be heavily fined under the new sentencing guidelines or face a custodial sentence under the Corporate Manslaughter Act when the next tragedy happens while a driver is at work.
Companies seem to be putting their employees under more and more pressure to deliver but they need to appreciate that someone under pressure takes risks. Our question to employers is ‘are you doing enough to keep your staff safe?”
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