{"content":[{"text":"Adopted January 1, 2015","bbox":{"left":0.718154,"top":0.043576,"width":0.16446000000000005,"height":0.016776}},{"text":"CITY OF BRANSON, MISSOURI \n ADMINISTRATIVE RULES","bbox":{"left":0.117686,"top":0.088552,"width":0.253368,"height":0.04213199999999999}},{"text":"RULE NUMBER 22 REFERENCING ARTICLE 29 OF THE HUMAN RESOURCES MANUAL, \n AMENDED 8-28-2018","bbox":{"left":0.117686,"top":0.149613,"width":0.7148310000000001,"height":0.042283000000000015}},{"text":"A RULE PERTAINING TO DISTRACTED DRIVING","bbox":{"left":0.117686,"top":0.210825,"width":0.39752399999999993,"height":0.021829000000000015}},{"text":"Section 1. General","bbox":{"left":0.117686,"top":0.260722,"width":0.15282400000000002,"height":0.020984999999999976}},{"text":"In order to fulfill their obligations to the City of Branson, employees, volunteers and others \n frequently need to operate vehicles or equipment, and otherwise drive from one location to another. \n Considering there is an average of more than 35,000 deaths on our nation’s roadways each year, \n driving has an elevated, but often necessary, level of risk. The City of Branson is committed to \n mitigating these risks as much as possible for employees and others by establishing policies and \n expectations that help safeguard public/personal assets for those operating City vehicles and \n equipment.","bbox":{"left":0.117686,"top":0.297859,"width":0.7648300000000001,"height":0.13312800000000002}},{"text":"Section 2. Purpose","bbox":{"left":0.117686,"top":0.467578,"width":0.15390199999999998,"height":0.020984999999999976}},{"text":"The City recognizes that distracted driving can impair safe driving and contributes to \n vehicle or equipment accidents. Although the operation of cars or trucks is a primary focus of this \n policy, this policy applies to the distracted operation of equipment like front-loaders, backhoes, \n mowers, street sweepers, etc. \n Furthermore, accidents with vehicles or equipment can cause death, dismemberment and \n permanent disabilities to anyone or everyone involved. This policy is designed to help mitigate the \n risk of operation as it applies to all drivers using City-owned, leased or rented vehicles or \n equipment, and to anyone operating a personal vehicle while on City business. This policy is \n designed to lay out expectations of anyone operating any vehicle while doing business or work on \n the City’s behalf.","bbox":{"left":0.117686,"top":0.504715,"width":0.76483,"height":0.18849899999999997}},{"text":"Section 3. Definitions","bbox":{"left":0.117686,"top":0.730785,"width":0.177137,"height":0.02098500000000003}},{"text":"Mobile Devices: Phones/smartphones/tablets/iPods & other hand held electronic devices. This \n does not include the City’s radio communication system.","bbox":{"left":0.117686,"top":0.764172,"width":0.764791,"height":0.03665600000000002}},{"text":"Hands-free: an employee’s personal device that in itself provides a means of operating a separate \n mobile device without the use of the person’s hands. It must be without wires or chords and allow \n the person to keep his or her eyes on the road without focusing away from the traffic/pedestrian \n situation ahead.","bbox":{"left":0.117686,"top":0.820232,"width":0.76487,"height":0.0724800000000001}}],"images_bbox":[],"images_bbox_not_text_overlap":[]}