Drive Safety Work Week' Kicks Off to Promote Safe Driving

By Rahul Arora

“Drive Safely Work Week,” the Network of Employers for Traffic Safety's (NETS) annual workplace safety campaign, kicked off recently with a goal to protect employees and other drivers by reducing preventable accidents.

The campaign will provide a turnkey way to remind employees about safe driving practices. Hundreds of safety organizations and employers are enthusiastically participating in the campaign and are leaving no stone unturned to encourage other organizations to draft, maintain and enforce distracted driving (DWD) policies.

According to CellControl CEO Chuck Cox (News - Alert), Drive Safely Work Week is “a great time to draft and implement a distracted driving policy. Having such a policy is an important first step in improving driver safety,” he said.

Over the years, driver safety has been a major problem. A study conducted by the Center for Disease Control and Prevention found that traffic accidents are a leading cause of workplace death and injury, and cost almost $100 billion annually in lost productivity and medical expenses. Most of the accidents caused on the roads are due to phone-related distractions.

“Driver safety is critical for our membership, “said Kathy Trahan, president/CEO of the Safety Council of the Louisiana Capital Area in a statement. “For the CEO/CIOs, corporate safety directors or fleet managers that want to maintain safe operating environments, distracted driving safety policies and enforcement solutions should be priority components of their safety strategy.”

Throughout the “Drive Safely Work Week,” various national fleet safety advocacy groups and public/private corporations will work to protect drivers in the communities, states and regions that they serve.

“Our Louisiana-based organization serves fleet partners across the country and monitors thousands of drivers to promote and advocate safe driving. Mobile phone distractions are a large and growing problem, and technology solutions like CellControl are important and save lives,” said Baron Davis, president of Safety Alert. “The CellControl distracted driving solution has been developed for corporations and government agencies, large or small, that provide mobile communication devices to their employees. Mobile devices are important and mission-critical productivity tools, but endangering lives and property due to out-of-policy usage must and can be prevented.”

CellControl will also be hosting online Web demos to educate business and community leaders on the dangers, realities and costs of distracted driving.

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