UK: Mobile Phone Driver Jailed

[Otto 83]

News from across the pond...

A DRIVER caught on camera driving while using a hand-held mobile phone and who denied the offence, has been sentenced to 28 days imprisonment and disqualified from driving for six months.

Andrew Jonathan Millward, 40, of North Littleton in Evesham, was driving a van at 36 mph in a 30 mph speed limit last along the A418 in Tiddington, was caught on a mobile speed camera using his mobile phone.

A Notice of Intended Prosecution was sent to the driver and Andrew Millward returned the form nominating his wife as the driver. Documents were sent to Lisa Gay Millward and she admitted the offence.

Andrew and Lisa Millward were arrested on in February on suspicion of Perjury and appeared at Banbury Magistrates’ Court on Monday (26/02).

Andrew Millward was found guilty of perjury and driving in excess of the speed limit and using his hand-held mobile phone at the time, and was sentenced to 28 days imprisonment and disqualified from driving for six months.

Lisa Millward was sentenced to 28 days imprisonment, suspended for 12 months and ordered to carry out 80 hours unpaid work in the community.

ThameNews.Net

Edited March 12, 2007 by Karin und Otto

[William33 110]

People can be so stupid.

Implicating his wife, and she corroborated the story?

[Mags 112]

Serves them right.

[almaty 19]

chopf##ks

[RaspberrySwirl 20]

Woot, can't wait til something similar is applied here.

Does the UK have a rule where you have to use a hands-free set in the car?

[Fandango 1,440]

Woot, can't wait til something similar is applied here.

Does the UK have a rule where you have to use a hands-free set in the car?

I remember a lady got a ticket for eating an apple while driving. She fought it for some reason, but that's all I remember.

[Marc and Olga 0]

Woot, can't wait til something similar is applied here.

Does the UK have a rule where you have to use a hands-free set in the car?

They tried to get that in Arizona but it was rejected, I think too many people freak out over the idea of not being able to talk on the telephone while driving

I guess it annoys me so much since I have observed these phone talkers doing other things wrong also. Making a turn when it was not safe for them to do so, speeding, failure to yield right of way (at a stop sign!)...etc etc