Let's keep the U.K. theme for one more day and take a look at a new plan being implemented in London. In the new plan to curb driving while talking on a cell phone,
company bosses will receive a visit from the police if a worker is caught yakking while driving.
Under the scheme, an employee stopped for using a hand-held phone while driving will first receive the usual £30 fine. They will then be warned that their employer will receive an official police visit. Within a few days, a uniformed officer will call at the firm's headquarters for a meeting with a company director, asking about its risk management strategy and what it intends to do to curb illegal driving.
This is awesome!
The whole thing is intended to embarrass the company into being a more responsible entity rather than punish it, but if more people are caught from that company, the plan says that companies could be prosecuted.
Oh how I would love for a cop to come strolling into my office and have a nice long sit down with my boss—for any reason! If I lived in London and caught pulled over for talking on my cell, I'd find great pleasure in asking the officer to please hold on a minute while I finished up this conference call. Upon hanging up, I'd smile and say, "Sheesh! Can you believe it? My boss is such a slave driver! Now, I'm sorry, what can I do for you officer?".
The whole thing is intended to embarrass the company into being a more responsible entity rather than punish it, but if more people are caught from that company, the plan says that companies could be prosecuted.
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