Our Driving Concern Sr. Program Manager Lisa Robinson explains distracted driving is anything that diverts your attention away from the task at hand, driving. Manual distractions: eating, drinking, grooming. Cognitive distractions: talking on your phone (handheld and hands-free) or daydreaming.
Our Driving Concern Sr. Program Manager Lisa Robinson outlines risks associated with using hands-free devices while behind the wheel. Research indicates cognitive distraction persists long after using voice commands to make a call or send a text.
Before Toledo-based Owens Corning implemented a cell phone distracted driving policy, the company’s leader conducted a field test. Chairman and CEO Mike Thaman wanted to know whether enacting such a policy would impact productivity. “He (Thaman) actually went for 90 days adhering to what would become our policy for all employees – no cell phone …
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Your chances of running a stop sign, failing to notice a pedestrian in the crosswalk or another vehicle cutting in front of you are increased after you’ve made use of hands-free technologies in your car, according to research conducted by the AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety. The AAA Foundation suggests you could end up in …
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