Employees embrace cell phone ban

AMEC’s solution eliminates the dilemma of choosing between safety and productivity while driving

VANCOUVER, BC (4 OCTOBER 2006) – Employees feel talking on the phone while driving makes them more productive. In reality, this myth is false as discovered from a one year ban of the practice by AMEC, the international project management and engineering services company.

A new BC-wide survey conducted by the Mustel Group on behalf of AMEC found that 46 per cent of respondents believed that productivity is affected if workers are banned from using cell phone while driving. However, 90 per cent of the respondents stated that talking on a cell phone impacts a person’s ability to drive safely.