Comments on: Making Employers Liable For Their Distracted Drivers http://www.streetsblog.org/2009/10/02/making-employers-liable-for-their-distracted-drivers/ Covering the New York City Streets Renaissance Fri, 10 Feb 2012 16:07:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Marcus A http://www.streetsblog.org/2009/10/02/making-employers-liable-for-their-distracted-drivers/comment-page-1/#comment-130791 Marcus A Wed, 07 Oct 2009 16:40:53 +0000 http://www.streetsblog.org/?p=60661#comment-130791 Why is this even an issue? Simply enforce the laws already existing against cell phone use. Ticket everyone driving with a cell phone. Make the fines prohibitively high. 3 strikes and you lose your license for a year. The city needs money. Here's a quick way to generate income while making the streets safer. If you take a taxi, demand that your driver get off the phone. If he gives you any attitude, then don't tip. Why is this even an issue?

Simply enforce the laws already existing against cell phone use. Ticket everyone driving with a cell phone. Make the fines prohibitively high. 3 strikes and you lose your license for a year.

The city needs money. Here’s a quick way to generate income while making the streets safer.

If you take a taxi, demand that your driver get off the phone. If he gives you any attitude, then don’t tip.

]]> By: dave http://www.streetsblog.org/2009/10/02/making-employers-liable-for-their-distracted-drivers/comment-page-1/#comment-129691 dave Mon, 05 Oct 2009 21:15:46 +0000 http://www.streetsblog.org/?p=60661#comment-129691 Chevron has a fairly strictly enforced policy for employees and contractors of no phone calls while driving. Chevron has a fairly strictly enforced policy for employees and contractors of no phone calls while driving.

]]> By: gecko http://www.streetsblog.org/2009/10/02/making-employers-liable-for-their-distracted-drivers/comment-page-1/#comment-129221 gecko Sun, 04 Oct 2009 14:11:36 +0000 http://www.streetsblog.org/?p=60661#comment-129221 #1 Streetsman, This can also be achieved with transportation systems based on small single-person vehicles capable of riding on and off systems. The systems provide high levels of automation, ease-of-use, and safety "while commuting to work, safely and conveniently, and even eat a snack . . ." at highly reduced costs and environmental impacts while providing substantial improvements in distributed and on-demand capabilities. #1 Streetsman,

This can also be achieved with transportation systems based on small single-person vehicles capable of riding on and off systems. The systems provide high levels of automation, ease-of-use, and safety “while commuting to work, safely and conveniently, and even eat a snack . . .” at highly reduced costs and environmental impacts while providing substantial improvements in distributed and on-demand capabilities.

]]> By: Streetsman http://www.streetsblog.org/2009/10/02/making-employers-liable-for-their-distracted-drivers/comment-page-1/#comment-128691 Streetsman Fri, 02 Oct 2009 15:14:46 +0000 http://www.streetsblog.org/?p=60661#comment-128691 Just read that article in the Times, "Driven to Distraction" about the guy who's job (he feels) is so important that he needs to email, make phone calls and conduct business on his laptop while driving his SUV to work in California: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/01/technology/01distracted.html What I see totally missing from this discussion is that you can do all those distracting acitivities while commuting to work, safely and conveniently, and even eat a snack and use the bathroom, if you are riding on a train. The platform to mitigate distracted driving should necessarily beget a platform for commuter rail. Just read that article in the Times, “Driven to Distraction” about the guy who’s job (he feels) is so important that he needs to email, make phone calls and conduct business on his laptop while driving his SUV to work in California:

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/01/technology/01distracted.html

What I see totally missing from this discussion is that you can do all those distracting acitivities while commuting to work, safely and conveniently, and even eat a snack and use the bathroom, if you are riding on a train. The platform to mitigate distracted driving should necessarily beget a platform for commuter rail.

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