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Employers have realized the dangers of cell phone use while driving and are taking actions to make our roadways safer by implementing comprehensive cell phone policies. The National Safety Council recommends policies include both hands-free and handheld devices and cover all employees. Organizations are encouraged to use the free NSC Cell Phone Policy Kit.

Free Cell Phone Policy Kit

Updated in April 2012, the kit includes everything organizations need to implement or strengthen a cell phone ban including resources for executives, materials and guides for the implementation team and educational materials for employees.

This free kit helps you reduce crash risk, with materials to:

Build leadership support in your organization for a cell phone policy
Communicate to employees the crash risks and the need for a policy
Please use our step-by-step guide to download the kit

LinkedIn Group: Employer Cell Phone Policy Group

This is a private members-only LinkedIn Group for safety, fleet and other professionals interested in employer policies that ban cell phone use while employees are driving.

This group is a resource for tools, peer help and Q&A on implementing policies and educating about cell phone distracted driving.

-- Have you already implemented an employer cell phone policy and are looking to help others?
-- Are you in the process right now and want peer advice?
-- Are you exploring the issue and have questions?

Visit the Group and request membership approval.

NSC White Paper: Employer Liability and the Case for Comprehensive Cell Phone Policies

To improve safety and reduce employer liability for employee crashes, NSC recommends that organizations go further than federal rules and state laws, and implement policies banning both hands-free and handheld devices while driving. This white paper explains why.

White Paper - Employer Liability and the Case for Comprehensive Cell Phone Policies (PDF)

Articles About Employer Cell Phone Policies

Membership Advantage newsletter story about Fortune 500 cell phone policies (PDF)

Safety+Health story about employer cell phone policies (PDF)

NSC Video Series: "Understanding Distracted Driving"

A series of 12 short videos address common questions about cell phone use while driving. All videos are free to download or available on YouTube.

Two videos address workplace policies:

Protecting employees with workplace policies
Elements of effective cell phone policies

NSC Member Survey: Employer Cell Phone Policies

More than 2,000 NSC members answered a 2009 survey about their cell phone policies. Major findings:

469 respondents prohibit both handheld and hands-free devices while driving for some or all employees.
99% said productivity did not decrease

For all findings, download Cell Phone Policy Survey Results.

Network of Employers for Traffic Safety (NETS): Cell Phone Policies of Companies with Best Fleet Safety Performance

NETS' fleet benchmarking study of companies with a combined fleet of 350,000 vehicles found that policies banning all cell phone use while driving were common among companies with the best fleet safety performance:

83% of fleet safety leaders banned all cell phones, versus 43% of other companies
17% of fleet safety leaders allowed hands-free use, versus 57% of other companies
83% of fleet safety leaders responded to policy violations with disciplinary action, and 50% percent include termination as a disciplinary response

NSC has a partnership with the NETS fleet safety benchmarking program, with benefits for NSC members.

More Resources to Help Employers

Aegis Mobility DriveAssist NSC has a strategic alliance with Aegis Mobility to enforce employer cell phone policies with its DriveAssist call management technology.

NSC Focus on the Drive Quarterly Newsletter

Employer Policy Presentations at the 2008 NSC International Symposium on Distracted Driving

Employer-Related Links

OSHA's Distracted Driving Initiative

Coalition for Cellphone-Free Driving
Canadian employers committed to reducing cell phone use while driving. Offers many resources for employers.

New York Times article: "At 60 M.P.H., Office Work is High Risk"
Part of the Pulitzer Prize-winning "Driven to Distraction" series. Examines employee use of phones on the job and employer response to the risk.

New York Times Pulitzer Prize-Winning Series: "Driven to Distraction" Stories of impact of using cell phones while driving on the job: taxi drivers, commercial truck drivers, managers and salespeople.

Cell Phone Use Report for ExxonMobil Monteressi. ExxonMobil Biomedical Sciences Inc.

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Federal Rules & Recommendations

NTSB -- Recommends that non-emergency use of handheld and hands-free personal electronic devices be banned for all drivers nationwide. More ...

NTSB -- Recommends both handheld and hands-free cell phones be prohibited by all commercial driver's license holders while operating a commercial vehicle, except in emergencies. More ...

OSHA -- Employers should prohibit any work policy or practice that requires or encourages workers to text while driving, or risk being in violation of the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970. More ...

FMCSA -- Bans commercial drivers from using handheld mobile phones while operating commercial trucks or buses. Ban includes texting and handheld device dialing and conversation. Federal penalties include $2,750 for each offense and max $11,000 for companies allowing drivers to use handheld cell phones. More ...

Federal Railroad Administration -- Passed a rule addressing all cell phone and electronic device use by railroad operating employees. More ..

Federal Employees -- President Obama issued an Executive Order banning all civilian Federal Government employees from texting while driving. More ...

FREE Webinar: What were you thinking? The myth of multitasking

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