No phone on the road

We all know it's now against Florida law to text while driving.

But starting Oct. 1, one engineering firm has banned employees from speaking on the phone too, even hands free.

“It's all about safety,” says Richard Lewis, principal engineer at Conestoga-Rovers Associates in Fort Myers, which coincidentally banned all phone use while driving on the same day that the texting and driving law became effective in Florida. Lewis cites research that shows that talking on the phone impairs a driver like alcohol.