Companies Ban Employees From Using Mobile Phones In Cars
from the limited-liability dept
Some companies are changing their official corporate policies to tell their employees not to use cell phones while driving. Of course, rather than true safety concerns, this is really to limit their liability from lawsuits arising from cell-phone related accidents. Victims of such accidents smell cash by suing companies for having their workers using the cell phones for work purposes in their cars. I think the lawsuits sound a little sketchy - unless the companies made it clear that the employee needed to be working from the car, I find it hard to see how a company could be responsible. However, anything the promotes safer drivers wouldn't be such a bad thing.
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Banning of Cell Phones
Please people, don't use the phone in the car unless it absolutly needed. Making a hair appointment doesn't count ( that goes for the guy's too ) and making sure that you're report on global warming doesn't either. It could be much safer for everyone if rather then buying that case of slimfast/power bars, if you would just pick up a small hands free set and set it up in your car.
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Re: Banning of Cell Phones
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wired getting lazy...
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Well... That's what one study said. And within a week of that another study came out suggesting completely different results. The second study used actual crash data, which might be more reliable... So, I wouldn't take it as a fact that hands free kits don't really help.
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