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Dialled In, Switched Off: The Cost of a Call Behind the Wheel
Published: 27 May 2025 at 06:00 Europe/London
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One phone call. One moment of distraction. One life almost lost.
That's what our HR consultancy had to deal with when a delivery driver, carelessly using his phone, hit a pedestrian — and claimed, 'It wasn’t that bad.'
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