Research has shown that talking on a cell phone while driving can be very dangerous due to what has been termed "inattentive blindness". Lafayette College requires that all employees act responsibly in their jobs so as not to endanger the lives of themselves or others. It is our policy that no telephone communication, business or personal, is so necessary or urgent that it cannot be postponed or interrupted until such time as the involved person can participate in the phone call without compromising safety. Safe driving is always your first responsibility. Lafayette College actively discourages the use of cellular phones (even use of hands-free devices), and other wireless communication devices, with the exceptions noted in the paragraph below, while driving cars, trucks and golf carts both on and off campus, during college work time or on college business. Further, employees should not dial or write while driving on college business. If an employee must engage in any of the above activities, he or she must pull over to a safe location off the roadway and out of traffic, stop and park the vehicle before doing so. Stopping in a roadway breakdown lane or roadway shoulder is by its very nature dangerous and therefore is not considered a safe location by Lafayette College.

Lafayette College acknowledges that members of the public safety and physical plant departments often use two-way radios and radio-telephones on campus in the performance of their daily duties. In addition, the use of cellular phones by members of the public safety department is both prevalent and necessary. These employees are reminded to use these devices in such a manner so as not to compromise safety.