truck safety management, a few words
By chris on Apr 3, 2008 in Company Policy, Sample Policies | 0 Comments
Hands Free Jurisdictions
Recently Nova Scotia banned the use of hand held cell phones. They have joined Quebec and Newfoundland in banning their use. California is enacting legislation that comes into effect this summer banning their use.
In all cases that I’m aware of, it is legal to use a cell phone “Hands Free”. In all cases [...]
By chris on Feb 14, 2008 in Company Policy | 0 Comments
OK, so you have decided that you need to have a communication policy. There needs to be 2 major parts to the policy. How the drivers communicate with the outside world and how the office communicates with the drivers.
Drivers 1st!
You need to explain to your drivers what you want to achieve with the new communication [...]
By chris on Feb 12, 2008 in Company Policy | 0 Comments
Why do you need a policy on how and when you communicate with your truck drivers? In the case of a lawyer talking on the cell phone and accidently striking/killing a young teenager while driving the car.(http://www.chicagolegalnet.com/cell_phone_use.htm), In this a case a lawyer was driving a car while talking on the cell phone. The lawyer was in [...]
