Survey: More Than Half of Workers Check Devices While Driving

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on March 12, 2010 - 9:51am.

Chicago - More than half of workers who own smart phones said that they check their devices while driving a vehicle, according to a new survey by CareerBuilder.

Sales professionals (66%) admitted to being the biggest offenders.

Twenty-one percent of workers said that they check their devices each time they vibrate or beep, and 18% said that they are required by their companies to be accessible beyond office hours.

"The lines between work and life can be very blurry these days," said Rosemary Haefner, the vice president of human resources at CareerBuilder.

"Seventeen percent of workers said they feel like their work day never ends because of technology connecting them to the office."

Haefner said that workers need to allot technology-free time when away from the office, to both reduce the potential for burnout and avoid risky behavior.

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