I WFH and today I had a meeting that ran way over time and I had to pick up my kid from school. I didn't want to miss the rest of the discussion and wanted to push back on one issue, so threw my laptop on the front seat, turned on the hotspot and continued the meeting(and before anyone comments, no I didn't use it while driving, it was hands free with a headset, I just don't have Teams on my phone). And this is not uncommon with my team. Pre Covid, we'd do it occasionally, when you're stuck in unexpected traffic and need to join an important morning meeting, but it's become a lot more common.
On the way back, I started wondering: if I hit somebody, would my employer be liable, since I was technically "at work" at the time of the accident? Or is it so out of scope of my responsibilities that it'd be all on me.