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By Marie-Yosie Saint-Cyr, LL.B. Managing Editor | < 1 Minutes Read September 14, 2009

Exempting truck drivers from ban on cellphone use

I was recently made aware that the Ontario and Manitoba Trucking Associations are trying to convince regulators in their respective provinces to exempt CB radios and certain communication devices used specifically by truck drivers for dispatch and business-related purposes from the provincial bans on cellphone use and texting while driving that are to come into force this fall.

Article by Marie-Yosie Saint-Cyr, LL.B. Managing Editor / Employment Standards / ban on cellphone use, cellphone use, employment law, Highway traffic act, HR issues, Human Resources, OH&S, ontario, trucking, vicarious liability

By Marie-Yosie Saint-Cyr, LL.B. Managing Editor | 2 Minutes Read September 9, 2009

Expanding ban on cellphone use while driving

An increasing number of studies show that driving while talking on a cellphone can be dangerously distracting. Some studies state that talking on a cellphone while driving makes a person four times more likely to be in a crash. This is a much higher risk than most other distracting activities. As a result, the governments of Saskatchewan, Prince Edward Island and British Columbia have announced that they will draft legislation this fall to ban the use of hand-held electronic devices (such as cellphones) to talk or text while driving a vehicle; joining the provinces of Newfoundland and Labrador, Nova Scotia, Quebec, Ontario and Manitoba, who have banned or are in the process of banning the use of hand-held wireless devices while driving this fall.

Article by Marie-Yosie Saint-Cyr, LL.B. Managing Editor / Employment Standards / ban on cellphone use, cellphone use, employment law, Highway traffic act, Human Resources, vicarious liability

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