I'm sorry my life is less important than your phone call ...

[slparry]

http://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/464163 ... g-toddlers

<is it me???>

[skiddy boxers]

On the face of it no! but it's not the whole story is it? Nothing told about the driver of the mini that run the red light causing the collision.

[Steve1200S]

Not sure....

legally your allowed to use a hands free in the car, and someone else caused her to 'mount the curb' by running a red light.

There's no way you can say that if she wasn't on the phone, she'd have seen the guy jump the light and stopped. It's also not her responsibility to allow for others misusing the highway code and jumping lights anyway.

I think she got the careless driving charge because she was over the speed limit.... The phone has nothing to do with it, it's just media hype.

In my opinion anyway.

[dave the german]

She was approaching lights 6 mph over the speed limit? surely she should have been below the limit prepared to stop if the lights changed?

[Boxermed69]

Tragic, no doubt, but that just screams sensationalist press diverting attention because she was on the phone at the time. Yeah, inappropriate speed played a part and she probably got a fair punishment. Yeah, I agree that even hands free phones hamper concentration, but they are still legal. Barely a mention of the prick who jumped the lights. Using the death of children like this - despicable journalism. Exactly why I gave up reading so-called newspapers. Feckin tosspots

Mike.

[f90x]

Tragic, no doubt, but that just screams sensationalist press diverting attention because she was on the phone at the time. Yeah, inappropriate speed played a part and she probably got a fair punishment. Yeah, I agree that even hands free phones hamper concentration, but they are still legal. Barely a mention of the prick who jumped the lights. Using the death of children like this - despicable journalism. Exactly why I gave up reading so-called newspapers. Feckin tosspots

Mike.

The Express and the Mail should be banned. Both are full of sensationalist subversive shit.

Now, I'll be careful not to get a splinter as I get off this fence...

[Bikerhoss]

There's no way you can say that if she wasn't on the phone, she'd have seen the guy jump the light and stopped. It's also not her responsibility to allow for others misusing the highway code and jumping lights anyway.

I think she got the careless driving charge because she was over the speed limit.... The phone has nothing to do with it, it's just media hype.

In my opinion anyway.

Tend to agree, Does it really matter if she was steering with her feet and eating a foot long Sub? Her actions would not have resulted in death had it not been for the other idiot,
Careless maybe just, but not Dangerous or Death by Dangerous.

Devil's Advocate:- If you get punted onto the pavement by another driver whilst filtering and kill some one, Who's fault is it? We all have to justify our actions if the unfortunate was to happen.

[dave the german]

Not sure....

legally your allowed to use a hands free in the car, and someone else caused her to 'mount the curb' by running a red light.

There's no way you can say that if she wasn't on the phone, she'd have seen the guy jump the light and stopped. It's also not her responsibility to allow for others misusing the highway code and jumping lights anyway.

I think she got the careless driving charge because she was over the speed limit.... The phone has nothing to do with it, it's just media hype.

In my opinion anyway.

To a certain degree we all have to take responsibility - by defensive driving/riding which means observation. would love to take people with me for a day on the roads - unfortunately I have to put up with these pricks every day

[Archie]

On the face of it no! but it's not the whole story is it? Nothing told about the driver of the mini that run the red light causing the collision.

"The court heard 61-year-old Mr Andrews had ‘misconstrued’ a green light telling traffic to turn left, believing he could cross the junction.
He has since died in circumstances unrelated to the case."

[GerryB]

Yesterday I was standing outside chatting to my daughter , when a bus crawled past , the driver happily chatting away on his phone .....

He dropped it when I shouted at him " what the hell are you doing? "

There were about 15 passengers on board ....

It was one of those dodgy white unmarked busses run by the guys who run around all the little hamlets , twice or 3 times a day .

Trust me , if I knew who the operator was I'd have been on the phone reporting him ......

How many times have you looked up into an artic & seen the driver thundering along chatting away , on his phone .

Clearly the use of hands free is not enforced by truck companies ...

Or why the hell bus drivers think they are exempt either ...

My cuz was a traffic copper in Gwent , & he told me that a lot of fatal road accidents involve the use of mobile phones ...

[Corvus]

I don't feel there's enough information for me to form an opinion.

But it does raise the question as to how talking hands free on the phone whilst driving, occupies the brain, as compared to talking to a passenger in the seat beside you.

Is there a difference? Not sure.

[bikemad99]

Accidents are not caused by dangerous bends,talking on the phone,eating a cream bun,drinking a can of pop or any of the other silly excuses bandied about.Accidents are caused by bad drivers driving badly.This will not be stopped by cameras.How often do you see bad driving when you are following a police car? I was taught that any accident I am in is my fault.
Reg.

[f90x]

I don't feel there's enough information for me to form an opinion.

But it does raise the question as to how talking hands free on the phone whilst driving, occupies the brain, as compared to talking to a passenger in the seat beside you.

Is there a difference? Not sure.

There isn't enough info to form an opinion, but once again it is clear that, that rag has composed the story to make the 'BMW' driving 'MUSLIM' 'WOMAN' look a lot more culpable than she might be. I honestly believe that even when using hands free we concentrate less on the road than if we were talking to a passenger but at present using hands free is legal. I'm sure I read that this could well be banned in the future. None of us were there to see it but I get the feeling that the driver that jumped the lights was a major part of the accident and yet hardly a word about them.