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I was there again today to hear the remainder of the case for the prosecution.
The case for the defence starts tomorrow morning.
The evidence is that she was using the sat nav, and this is not disputed. She would have been able to see Anthony Hilsom for between 22 and 27 seconds, and she must have been busy with the sat nav for most of that time.
After the hearing I was riding though town and saw a woman alongside me at some traffic lights putting on make up. As soon as the lights went green I noticed her pick up her mobile phone. She then shot off well in excess of the speed limit till she got stuck in traffic
I caught her up, and she was still on the phone, so I tapped on her window and told her about the court case. Especially the number of times the family had to leave because the evidence of the cyclist being struck by the car was too harrowing to listen to. She never said a word, just looked at me blankly. I hope she got the message.