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Forummaster
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Username: Forummaster
Post Number: 573
Registered: 11-2001
| | Posted on Wednesday, July 25, 2012 - 8:23 pm: | 
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CORPUS CHRISTI, TX — In early May, Coca-Cola was sued, successfully, for $21 million after one of their sales reps was involved in an accident that injured a 37-year-old woman.
The injured woman’s lawyers convinced a jury that even though Coca Cola does have a cell-phone policy for company drivers, it is “vague and ambiguous.”
Her lawyers also stated that Coca Cola was aware of the dangers of distracted driving but “withheld this information from its employee driver.”
So what do you take away from this?
For one thing, if you employ drivers and they use phones in the U.S.A., you better be ready to fire any driver who breaks the rules.
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What do you think this law suit means for cell phone use to truckers?
Will this increase radio use for truckers or do you think fear of these types of law suits will extend to radio use as well?
Forummaster
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Tech833
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Username: Tech833
Post Number: 2185
Registered: 8-2002
| | Posted on Thursday, July 26, 2012 - 11:21 am: |
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They already do extend to radio use. At least, out west they do. Most states' laws are written so vague that field interpretation to suit the circumstance is common.
Your radio 'Mythbuster' since 1998
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Press_man
Advanced Member
Username: Press_man
Post Number: 570
Registered: 5-2008
| | Posted on Thursday, July 26, 2012 - 6:47 pm: |
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It will be interesting to see how the whole issue plays out. Personally, when using a radio I find myself far less distracted than on the cell.
73 Pressman
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