New technology allows employers to have a constant window into their employees’ homes, and the use of the technology is largely unregulated by the government.

And it never has been.Īs Prospect General Secretary Mike Clancy said, “We are used to the idea of employers checking up on workers, but when people are working in their own homes, this assumes a whole new dimension. workers is now being monitored by their employer both at the job site and in their own homes. trade union for technology professionals, recently reported that nearly one in three U.K. “With the weather we’ve had lately, side mirrors can get covered with salt and dirt and windshield wiper fluid and you can’t see the warning light.Prospect, a 150,000-member U.K.

“I’ve had several situations where my blind spot warning let me down,” DiCicco says. It’s a useful backup, DiCicco says, but you still need to look to see that it’s clear. “However, if you’ve been daydreaming or just staring at the vehicle in front of you, then your peripheral vision will decrease and you’ll have to turn your head way farther – like Linda Blair in ‘The Exorcist’” Blind spot warning useful, but not perfectīSW – which uses a warning light, a beep or both to let you know that there’s a car beside you – has been shown to reduce lane-change crashes by 14 per cent, said the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS). “If you’re doing that every two seconds, you actually don’t need to turn your head very far to shoulder check,” DiCicco said. But constantly shifting between your mirrors and the road ahead also helps keep your peripheral vision open, DiCicco said.

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