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When EWS gave train crew mobile phones it was a new toy to play with, but as time went on problems started to appear of people had a mobile phone glued to thier lug holes.
It was bought in when on safety critical duties you had not to use your phones.
This included using a mobile phone when driving company vehicles.
As part of our job we had to use mobile vans to travel about in.
To me it was then when driving motor vehicles, my phone was switched off.
I would call the control once I was away from the motor vehicle, and not performing safety critical duties
Mobiles could not be used for communication when propelling 65 slu trains.
We had back to back radios for the job.In my view when on safety critical duites my phone was left in the compay van.
Once you had done safety critical duties, when not on about the railway was the time to make your calls
Safety Must be first priority of all employees on or about the railway
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