Driver uses two phones to text and talk, loses license

Wednesday, August 17, 2011

Driver uses two phones to text and talk, loses license

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This is not the dude in this story, but an image macro that's supposed to be funny because -- you know -- who would ever do this? Ever?!a

By Helen A.S. Popkin

If using your cell phone while driving makes you a jerk (and make no mistake, it does), and texting while driving pushes you into "horrible human being" territory, what does talking on one phone while texting on another ... while driving 75mph ... and steering with your knees ... on a suspended license make you?a

Only the Son of Perdition knows, and no doubt he'll be happy to tell you upon your inevitable arrival in that special circle of the Inferno reserved for you and perhaps that guy who ran over Stephen King while trying to wrestle a steak from the jaws of his unsecured Rottweiler.a

Failing redemption, this is possibly the fate of David Secker, 34, who was pulled over in Blofield, near Norwich, UK for reportedly doing all of the above (with the exception of running over Stephen King while fighting with a dog over meat).a

"He was seen holding a mobile phone to his right ear and as he moved closer the officer saw he was holding another phone in his other hand as though he was texting," Prosecutor Denis King said of the May 17 incident for which Secker recently received his earthly sentence — a £150 ($245) fine and 14 points on his driver's license, which is suspended for a year. a

"I think the magistrates treated me fairly," said the unemployed Secker who, by the way, insisted on finishing his phone call before addressing the police who pulled him over.a

Indeed. One wonders how Secker's poor curbside etiquette would've gone over in the United States, where Tazing is not unheard of — but perhaps that's just wishful thinking. a

via BBCa