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"I do not think my driving was impaired by being on the phone. It would have been no different to a passenger sat next to me talking."
Very correct.
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"I do not think my driving was impaired by being on the phone. It would have been no different to a passenger sat next to me talking."
Ignorant as well as a child killer. Great job, Asker.
edscoble
Howard
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I think the law needs to catch up, cases like this are just baffling:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/05/26/hands-free-driver-who-knocked-over-and-killed-boy-7-was-only-han/
Ms Asker claimed she hadn't seen Seth and only became aware of him on impact. She was on the phone at the time and a number of calls were deleted after the crash, the coroner heard.
Ms Asker, who was driving at around 27mph in the 30mph zone, later said she had no idea how calls had disappeared and said her mobile had been placed in the pocket of the driver's door on loudspeaker when the collision happened.
Giving evidence to the coroner, she said: "I did not see him. I could not do anything.
"I had my side lights on as it was beginning to get dark. My phone was on speaker phone as I had no hands free in the car.
"I do not think my driving was impaired by being on the phone. It would have been no different to a passenger sat next to me talking."