Liability of DWT

First of all, I’ll state that I am not a lawyer and do not consider anything in this blog to be considered legal advice. However, if you are familiar at all with the legal system in the US, it seems that there are legal risks for businesses and parents when an employee or teen driver gets into an accident while using their phone. Informed Workplace has a nice video that describes how companies should put policies in place and train employees about specific company policies.

I imagine the risks vary by industry. The government is worried. The NTSB recently banned employees from talking and texting while driving and has recommended a cell phone use ban for school bus and motorcoach drivers. More on that can be found here.  All business fleets should assess the risk and adopt policies and technologies as needed.

Believe it or not, I think parents might have something to worry about too. Legalmatch has some thoughts to ponder if your teen just backed over the mailbox while texting.

Policies, training, bans and laws are just not going to cut it IMHO.