{"id":5200,"date":"2018-04-30T10:33:11","date_gmt":"2018-04-30T10:33:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.edriving.com\/three60\/?p=5200"},"modified":"2019-04-12T14:03:25","modified_gmt":"2019-04-12T14:03:25","slug":"distraction-denial-stage-6-i-cant-afford-to-lose-the-productivity-ill-take-the-risk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.edriving.com\/three60\/distraction-denial-stage-6-i-cant-afford-to-lose-the-productivity-ill-take-the-risk\/","title":{"rendered":"Distraction Denial Stage 6: I can\u2019t afford to lose the productivity, I\u2019ll take the risk"},"content":{"rendered":"

How do mobile phone bans for employee drivers really impact on productivity?\u00a0In Stage 6 of our Seven Stages of Distraction Denial<\/em> series, eDriving\u2019s award-winning Brain Scientist Advisor Paul Atchley Ph.D. explains why there is no good business case for employees to use their phones while driving and\u00a0shares tips for managers on setting the correct example.<\/p>\n

Stage 6: I can\u2019t afford to lose the productivity, I\u2019ll take the risk<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Should all companies consider employee distracted driving bans? <\/strong>
\nThere is no good business case for employees to use their phones while driving. It hurts productivity, it decreases safety, and it sends a message to employees that leadership doesn\u2019t care about them.<\/p>\n

But will a company-wide distracted driving ban reduce productivity? <\/strong>
\nIs an employee using half their brain a productive employee? The answer is \u201cNo\u201d. Would you want an employee distracted by a complicated task doing work for you, talking to customers or making decisions? If the answer is \u201cNo\u201d, then put the phone down while driving.<\/p>\n

How can managers reinforce, encourage and sustain distracted driving bans? <\/strong>
\nChange starts with leadership. Leaders must themselves embrace change and be strict about not driving distracted. This also means choosing to not call or talk to employees while they drive, even if it seems urgent. If it is urgent, develop a system to contact employees in a way that they can pull over and call back.<\/p>\n

To learn more about this stage and all<\/em> Seven Stages of Distraction Denial, view eDriving\u2019s webinar<\/a> with Dr. Atchley in which he provides further insights and tips for avoiding distracted driving.<\/p>\n

Distraction Denial Stage 7: Accepting the facts<\/a><\/p>\n

Previous stages<\/i><\/b>
\nDistraction Denial Stage 1: I am a better driver than most<\/a>
\nDistraction Denial Stage 2: I am really good at multitasking<\/a>
\nDistraction Denial Stage 3: It\u2019s OK to text at stoplights<\/a>
\nDistraction Denial Stage 4: Hands-free calls are OK<\/a>
\nDistraction Denial Stage 5: My car\u2019s technology makes me safe<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

How do mobile phone bans for employee drivers really impact on productivity?\u00a0In Stage 6 of our Seven Stages of Distraction Denial series, eDriving\u2019s award-winning Brain Scientist Advisor Paul Atchley Ph.D. explains why there is no good business case for employees to use their phones while driving and\u00a0shares tips for managers on setting the correct example. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":5201,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5200","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-driving-for-work"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edriving.com\/three60\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5200","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edriving.com\/three60\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edriving.com\/three60\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edriving.com\/three60\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/18"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edriving.com\/three60\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5200"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.edriving.com\/three60\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5200\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edriving.com\/three60\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5201"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edriving.com\/three60\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5200"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edriving.com\/three60\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5200"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edriving.com\/three60\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5200"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}