Powerful New Video Highlights Distracted Driving's Risks for Businesses
Posted by Eleanor J Posted July 21, 2010It takes only a moment's inattention behind the wheel for a crash to happen. NHTSA estimates that driver distraction causes 80% of all automobile crashes, which lead to thousands of deaths annually. Those preventable fatalities represent just one of the many consequences of distracted driving. Watch this video to get a sober and realistic look at the risks distracted driving creates for corporate employers:
As the modern workforce becomes increasingly mobile, cellular phones' ubiquity represents both a coup for productivity and a serious challenge for safety and risk management. It is imperative that employers recognize the bad as well as the good, and acknowledge that it is in their best interests to demand the safe, legal, and responsible use of mobile phones while driving from their employees.
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