jakethesnake:
Acorn:
Just food for thought. He was on the phone whilst driving. Presumably the person he was talking to also knew he was driving. Shame there is / was no corresponding penalty for being involved. Unless they clearly had been told that he was hands free and kept the call to a minimum.
Shame on them. Shame on all those Tpt offices as well who call their drivers knowing that they could just check telematics before calling a driver and expecting a long complex chat about deliveries etcThat’s the idea, lets blame the person on the other end of the phone as well. There is only one person at fault. We all have a choice but unfortunately some don’t listen and seem to think they know better.
Actually it’s in the law on mobile phone while driving, you can be proscecuted for knowingly calling someone while driving, although not sure if a case has ever come to court.
Employers, managers, colleagues and callers may be legally implicated when a driver uses a mobile phone as causing, permitting, aiding, or abetting the infringement.
And I think any decent company should have policies on mobile phone usage that include communication from the office to the driver.