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They're generally perceived as a good thing by safety experts too. Hurdle comments: "I fully agree with blanket bans and see it becoming the norm. The day will come when it will be deemed highly unacceptable in the corporate sector to answer any call whilst driving and blanket bans will enforce this."
Grainger also reckons it's a good bet, but believes it depends on your business's circumstances and whether you've had problems with phone use at the wheel before.
"Banning phones is always the best policy. Does it work? We don't know yet, it's too early to tell. But if you've got a business with more than one person in a vehicle at the same time then ban phones because the other person can answer it."
One company, though, reckons it has the answer - ironically enough, with a smartphone app.
Employee tracking specialist Romex has developed an app that can effectively lock down an employee's phone while they're driving, and prevent the individual from making or receiving calls and text messages or from doing anything else with their phone.
Known as the Driver Distraction Prevention (DDP) app, it uses tracking technology to detect when a phone is moving in a vehicle.
"It cuts off any calls and stops all further calls and messages from being made or received," says the company's partnerships director Guy Barbor. "The driver can't do anything with it other than make a 999 call. They can make and receive calls via Bluetooth but only if the company allows it.
"When the system detects that a driver has stopped, we wait for two minutes before releasing the phone. That means drivers can't use the phone at traffic lights, which you can still be fined for."
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