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The End of the Road For Texting Truckers
crimeandpunishment writes "The US Transportation Department is calling for a permanent ban on texting while driving, for interstate truck and bus drivers. An interim ban has been in place since January. The government says it is doing everything it can to make roads safer by reducing the threat of distracted drivers. The Transportation Department says nearly 6,000 people were killed and half a million injured in crashes involving distracted drivers in 2008."
That's a good point, although this way you don't have to worry about developing a common law in every state's traffic court interpreting reckless driving to include texting while driving, or run the risk of some courts not interpreting in that way.
Timothy already posted this, it's still on the front page. http://tech.slashdot.org/story/10/03/31/2154207/Supertaskers-Can-Safely-Use-Mobile-Phones-While-Driving
This is not only a dupe of an article published 5 hours ago (still near the top of the front page), it's from the exact same submission. Perhaps samzenpus has been editing slashdot while driving and this is the result?
"A week in the lab saves an hour in the library"
Good companies still do, as LTIs (lost time incidents) are expensive. In my industry, our locations have parties and rewards when they reach milestones like 100 days without an LTI. LTI scores are also something like 20+% of most manager's yearly goal, and is taken into account on their bonuses.
It pays to be safe for the employees and the company.