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  1. Case Warning to Fleet Managers; First Conviction Since Mobile Phone Driving Ban

    ...n will spend this Christmas behind bars. It will also act as a sobering warning to fleet decision-makers and their drivers throughout the country who are getting to grips with a new ban on the use of hand-held mobile phones while driving, introduced on 1 December 2003. The case is thought to be the first conviction since the new law was introduced. In October Fleet NewsNet revealed how a firm faced a £9m damages bill after one of its drivers ran over a cyclist while using a mobile phone. The company representative, who has not been prosecuted, was on hold to his bank when he hit the cyclist....

    Case | 19 Dec 2003

  2. Case Warning to Fleet Managers; First Conviction Since Mobile Phone Driving Ban

    It is about time that some form of legislation regarding the use of mobiles while driving came into force, but it needs to be enforced, there are still to many people trying their luck and putting peoples lives at risk by using their phones every day. As a car driver and motorcycle rider I see too much of it.

    Comment | 5 Jan 2004

  3. Case Warning to Fleet Managers; First Conviction Since Mobile Phone Driving Ban

    ...l spend this Christmas behind bars" almost sounds pitiful. A family have been deprived of a son for this Christmas and all of the ones to follow because of one car drivers stupidity. I am the chairman of a Motorcycle club in Bolton (Lancs) and still see many (too many) drivers still using hand held mobile phones, I came extremely close to being knocked off by one on Tuesday (23/12/03).Get more police officers out on the road and the beat and stop this needless distraction.

    Comment | 24 Dec 2003

  4. Case Warning to Fleet Managers; First Conviction Since Mobile Phone Driving Ban

    This is the kind of situation where a lifetime driving ban would also be in order.

    Comment | 23 Dec 2003

  5. Case Warning to Fleet Managers; First Conviction Since Mobile Phone Driving Ban

    Its possible that this measure has already made an improvement, as I see fewer people using their phones on the roads these days. I am also aware that having called friends, I am much more likely to get their voice mail. Perhaps a few more high profile fines / prosecutions and possibly bans, making headline news, would help to make it, like seatbelts, become common practice!

    Comment | 14 Jan 2004

  6. Case Warning to Fleet Managers; First Conviction Since Mobile Phone Driving Ban

    ...es with all legislation but I have to wonder if it is enough. Are we really concentrating on the road or the conversation we are having about a business decision? I think the latter. Ian Beddis has a good point about smoking, eating and drinking which in my opinion can be as dangerous as using a phone... how far do we go? What about changing CD's or Cassettes whilst driving. Were any of these issues considered whilst this new legislation was being discussed?

    Comment | 7 Jan 2004

  7. Case Warning to Fleet Managers; First Conviction Since Mobile Phone Driving Ban

    I feel that there should be an automatic 3 month ban if caught not using hands free. I feel that there should also be some work with manufacturers to ensure so far as is possible that new cars have the facility build in for hands free with a universal holder (maybe asking too much). Anything that prevents accidents to anybody wins the day with me.

    Comment | 6 Jan 2004

  8. Case Warning to Fleet Managers; First Conviction Since Mobile Phone Driving Ban

    I totally agree with the fact that people caught using a phone whilst driving should face imprisonment of fines. I wonder though what the reaction would be concerning the banning of smoking, eating and drinking whilst driving?

    Comment | 6 Jan 2004

  9. Case Warning to Fleet Managers; First Conviction Since Mobile Phone Driving Ban

    I live in Washington State in the US. I hope a similar law is passed here. Cellphone use while driving, hand held or otherwise, is one of the most potentially dangerous acts to have been created by inventors in a very long time. Couple that with the the sloppy inattentive style of driving here and..well, let's just say I'd rather be driving in the UK. Anyone who causes death in th...

    Comment | 31 Dec 2003

  10. Case Warning to Fleet Managers; First Conviction Since Mobile Phone Driving Ban

    well done that Judge

    Comment | 23 Dec 2003

  11. Open for Business

    ...rk members' views on the Workplace Law site during the past weeks. 10 ENVIRONMENT LEGAL UPDATE The requirements of the carbon reduction commitment energy efficiency scheme (CRC); and news of a new era for environmental enforcement. fOCus 18 OPEN FOR BUSINESS The general election may result in the first change of Government since 1997. The Labour Government oversaw an influx of employment law ­ what could a change of Government or indeed a Labour return mean for employers? 44 NETWORK NEWS New training centre opens in London; key new appointments increase in-house expertise in Environment, HR and...

    Magazine issue | 4 May 2010

  12. 2009: new beginnings

    ...ificates (EPCs) in July, Ewen has undertaken over 150 surveys in less than four months. Jamie Beatson reports... 20 SICk NOTES TO bECOmE A ThING Of ThE pAST? 2009 will see many new initiatives and strategies put in place to get more people back to work. Claire Fuller spoke to Dame Carol Black, the first-ever National Director for Health and Work, and author of the review, to find out more. FocUs 12 2009: NEW bEGINNINGS New Year, new rules. Make sure you're ready for a new era of workplace legislation with our essential guide. Claire Fuller predicts what's in store for employers in 2009. 3-4 febr...

    Magazine issue | 8 Dec 2008

  13. Mug’s game? Excessive risk aversion

    ...etent person" and must be "suitable and sufficient". Competency is judged to be a combination of knowledge, skills and experience. All well and good but as with many things related to health and safety there are two arbiters as to who is "competent" and what constitutes "suitable and sufficient" -- firstly the HSE and secondly the courts. I am sure everyone involved in health and safety could look at someone else's risk assessments and suggest improvements, additions or deletions, as there probably is no such thing as the perfect document. If there has been a serious accident or someone is making a...

    Magazine issue | 1 Jul 2006

  14. 2005: getting to grips with the legal year ahead

    ...ations under the Human Rights Act; promote good relations between communities The British Standards Institution (BSI) has updated BS 5839-1:2002 ­ Fire detection and fire alarm systems for buildings. Code of practice for system design, installation, commissioning and maintenance. 5156 4815 The first outline of the Code for Sustainable Buildings is expected to be completed in January 2005. The new code will establish higher standards for energy and water efficiency, as well as waste and use of materials. giving priority to issues of race and religion; promote and enforce the duty on p...

    Magazine issue | 15 Dec 2004

  15. Who's looking at you?

    ...vid Sharp 14 NOT A SHRED OF EVIDENCE Failure to securely dispose of information relating to staff and customers puts businesses at risk of identity theft and could constitute a breach of data protection law. What are you throwing in your dustbin? 18 SUMMER SCHOOL P18 Students of Workplace Law's first Summer School came away with a comprehensive update on employment law, health and safety, and premises management 20 PART OF THE JOB? Businesses providing a service to the public ­ whether in retail, the health service, transport or education ­ frequently expose their employees to the risk of se...

    Magazine issue | 1 Jul 2005

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