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Traffic crashes remain the No. 1 cause of workplace death and injury, costing employers in excess of $60 billion annually, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA).

Tags: cell phone use, safety policies, Distracted driving, NETS

'Drive by Example' Corporate Protection Program said that it offers the flexibility necessary to effectively assist companies of any type or size — from locally based businesses with a single office to national enterprises with sales, delivery and service personnel in all 50 states.

Tags: Driver Training, cell phone use, safety policies, Distracted driving, driver education

The company said the Coca Cola driver, Araceli Venessa Cabral, was driving a car, not a truck, and worked in a sales role, rather than as a delivery driver, as originally reported by law firm Thomas J. Henry Injury Attorneys. The driver was also using a hands-free device, Coca Cola said, which is consistent with, and exceeds, Texas state law requirements.

Tags: driver behavior, hands-free, cell phone use, Lawsuits, safety policies, Distracted driving

In the internal market analysis, the distracted driving technology developer said that it found only 5% of companies have deployed a solution from one of the top five vendors, which are capable of supporting such a large workforce.

Tags: accident prevention, Safety Technology, cell phone use, safety policies, Distracted driving, Cellcontrol

Coca Cola released a statement after the trial, according to MSNBC, that said its cell phone policy is ‘completely consistent with, and in fact, exceeds the requirements of Texas law,’ and that the company disagrees with the jury’s verdict and plans to appeal.

Tags: driver behavior, cell phone use, Lawsuits, safety policies, Distracted driving

Although more companies are taking steps to enforce written cell phone use policies, according to the ZoomSafer study, only 26% of survey respondents felt 'very confident' that current enforcement methods are sufficient to modify driver behavior.

Tags: cell phone use, policies, safety policies, ZoomSafer, Distracted driving

In an audit of a fleet of 100 FMCSA-regulated vehicles found that there were 450 cell phone distractions per day, 111 distractions per hour and four distractions per mile driven.

Tags: cell phone use, fleet policies, safety policies, ZoomSafer, Distracted driving

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration and the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration estimate on-the-job crashes cost employers more than $24,500 per property damage crash. Both organizations found that the cost rises to $150,000 per injury and to as much as $3.6 million per fatality.

Tags: liability, NSC, cell phone use, fleet policies, safety policies, Distracted driving