Showing posts with label distracted driving. Show all posts
Showing posts with label distracted driving. Show all posts
Tuesday, August 12, 2014

The Trucking Industry Needs More Drivers. Maybe It Needs to Pay More.

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Today's post was shared by Steven Greenhouse and comes from www.nytimes.com Swift Transportation ’s 20,000 workers haul goods in ...
Saturday, August 2, 2014

Trucker charged with vehicular homicide after alleged cellphone use led to fatal crash in Carlstadt

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Today's post is shared from northjersey.com In what authorities say is one of the first cases of its kind, a tractor-trailer driver who ...
Monday, April 14, 2014

Distracted Driving - Time To Revisit Compensability Issues

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The Attorney General of the State of New Jersey reported today that there has been a surge of 26% in reported accidents attributed to ...
Tuesday, April 1, 2014

Textual Despondency

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No, this is NOT an April fool's joke. Texting is a major problem and a major distraction from the focus of work. Even if occurring withi...
Wednesday, November 27, 2013

Living with Safety this Thanksgiving

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Motor vehicle accidents are among the highest causes of injuries to workers. The suggestions issued by the NJ State Police provide a helpfu...
Monday, November 4, 2013

Truck driver was looking at phone in deadly crash

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Distracted driving continues to be a constant cause of accidents in the workplace. Workers' compensation laws and policies have not bee...
Wednesday, October 23, 2013

Woman was texting and driving when she caused fatal crash with trucker

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Texting while driving creates an enhanced risk to millions of workers who carefully drive on the roads. While the Federal government has str...
Tuesday, October 1, 2013

Do Cities Need Texting Zones?

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This post is shared from Nicole Ferraro, Future Cities from www.informationweek.com This week, New York's governor announced a pla...
Wednesday, September 25, 2013

Chart of the Day: Hands-Free Talking Is as Bad as Talking on a Handset. Maybe Even Worse.

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Distracted driving doesn't get better by the use of hands free technology. Today's post was shared by Mother Jones and comes fr...
Sunday, September 8, 2013

Bill to protect texters who send messages to drivers is promised

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Today's post was shared by WCBlog and comes from www.nj.com A Republican assemblywoman from Monmouth County plans to introduce l...
Saturday, August 31, 2013

New Jersey court rules texting a driver creates liability

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Today's post was shared by WCBlog and comes from jurist.org The New Jersey Superior Court [official website] ruled [opinion, PDF...
Friday, August 30, 2013

Texting a Message to A Driver Imposes Liability for an Accident

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In an unanimous decision a NJ Appellate Court held a texter potentially liable for causing a motor vehicle accident: "The issue befo...