STEP 3
Educate Employees About Distracted Driving and Workplace Expectations
What?
The focus of workplace education is for employees to learn about distracted driving and the policy that has been created about distracted driving in your workplace. It is also an invitation to discuss what is appropriate while driving and an opportunity to acknowledge the people who are making safe choices.
Why?
Educating the workforce on distracted driving and your new or revised policy is an important task. Your employees are busy, so learning must be meaningful, relevant, and applicable to make a difference in their lives and in the workplace.
Four "A's" Approach
The Four “A’s” Approach is one model that can be used to create meaningful, relevant learning.
1. ANCHOR the topic to the learner’s experience. Connect what you are sharing to something the learner can relate to.
2. Then, ADD new information. After the learner is thinking about their own experiences with distracted driving, introduce the new or revised policy and the workplace expectations.
3. APPLY the new information. Offer an opportunity to consider and apply how this will be used in real-life situations.
4. Send the learner AWAY. Ask the learner to commit to using the new information in their daily life.
Step 3 Tools
The following tools are available to support educating your employees:
Washington Distracted Driving Law
In creating and implementing a workplace policy, it is important to understand current laws in Washington. In Washington, it is against the law to use your cell phone while you are driving.
Laws explicitly include both text-based communications and talking on the phone while driving without appropriate hands-free devices.
Washington also acknowledges that a wide variety of other behaviors could distract a driver and result in dangerously distracted driving. An officer can cite a driver for engaging in any activity not related to the actual operation of the motor vehicle in a manner that interferes with its safe operation. See: https://wadrivetozero.com/distracted-driving/ for more information about the laws.