Distracted Driving and Mitigation Techniques
Chris Hayes
Risk Control Assistant Vice President for Workers' Compensation & Transportation; Travelers
In this week’s episode, Chris Hayes discusses the critical issue of distracted driving. The conversation centers on insights from the Travelers Risk Index, revealing increased risky behaviors like social media use and texting while driving, especially post-pandemic. Chris emphasizes the alarming rise in roadway fatalities and the public's growing concern over road safety. The episode offers strategies for mitigating distracted driving, such as passenger intervention and personal responsibility. Additionally, it highlights the role of businesses in enforcing distracted driving policies and training employees to ensure safer driving practices.
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Chris Hayes
Risk Control Assistant Vice President for Workers' Compensation & Transportation; Travelers
Speaker Biography
Chris oversees risk assessments for workplace safety and auto exposures, development of risk management services for our insureds, and coordinates the training efforts of Travelers’ transportation, industrial hygiene, post-injury management and human factors teams. Since joining Travelers in 2001, Chris has worked as a Northland transportation specialist, national account consultant and regional training specialist. His specialties include transportation safety, behavior-based safety, vehicle telematics, customer training, webinar development and national accounts management.
