Shayna Balch as a guest blogger for the Phoenix Business
Journal on July 15, 2014.
Cell phones ringing, texts buzzing, lunching on the run and
channel surfing for your favorite radio station. Sounds like a
typical day at the office, right?
All of these activities would be fine if you were safely sitting
at a desk. However, in our ever-growing mobile workforce, many of
these activities take place in a car, which can be very bad news
for employees and employers alike.
According the U.S. Department of Transportation, more than a
quarter of all traffic accidents involve someone who is driving as
part of their daily work responsibilities. Combine that with the
fact that each day nine people are killed and more than 1,060
people are injured in crashes that are reported to involve a
distracted driver, and it becomes very clear that a distracted
driving policy is crucial for keeping employees and employers
safe.
