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not taxis but very relevant

A driver who killed a motorcyclist while making a hands-free call has been jailed for three years.
Samantha Ayres, 34, was on the wrong side of the road when she collided head-on with motorcyclist David Kirk.
Ayres claimed she lost control of her Ford Fiesta when her rear wheel clipped the verge on a rural road.
But she was convicted of dangerous driving after prosecutors argued she was distracted. She was also given a four-year driving ban.
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Lincoln Crown Court heard Ayres was in mid-conversation in a long call with a friend when she veered onto the wrong side of the road and hit Mr Kirk, 26, on Baumber Road, Horsington.

Judge John Pini QC said while hands-free use was lawful, it remained a distraction.
"Using a hands-free in these circumstances is dangerous," he said.

Is this court case ultimately going to result in all mobiles and PDA's being banned completely ? If so where is the tech that will replace them ?

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lack of modern legislation is the iceberg sinking the titanic of the transport sector

It was not the Hands free that caused the crash it was the driver being on the wrong side of the road that caused the crash...It's no harder to talk hands free than it is to talk to a passenger in the back..you can't see either conversant but you can still talk, and if your incapable of driving and chatting then perhaps you ought not be driving at all.

It's the level of distraction it causes.

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Justice for the 96. It has only taken 27 years...........repeat the same lies for 27 years and the truth sounds strange to people!

It's no more distracting than talking to a passenger.

And if that was proved the driver would be guilty.

For you..ok....but not for the ordinary driver....they have enough trouble drivering as it is.

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Justice for the 96. It has only taken 27 years...........repeat the same lies for 27 years and the truth sounds strange to people!

Quite, a bit like the car we followed the other day on the M40 near High Wycombe, all over the place at 70-ish in lane 3, veering into lane 3 and the central reservatio. When we eventually got past, the female driver was still busy texting. Otherwise totally unaware of what was around her.

that was an ILLEGAL act this was someone doing something which is ostensibly legal

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lack of modern legislation is the iceberg sinking the titanic of the transport sector

Driving without due care and attention

The "one size fits all" for NOT LOOKING WHAT YOUR DOING

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Of all the things ive lost, i miss my mind the most