BEING ON THE PHONE AND CAUGHT
BEING ON THE PHONE AND CAUGHT
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CGH

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14 posts

241 months

Friday 14th December 2007
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I KNOW I SHOULD,NT HAVE BEEN ON THE MOBILE BUT....!!!!! I HAVE BEEN CAUGHT TWICE THIS WEEK, £120 FINE AND 6 POINTS, HAS ANYONE GOT ANY ADVICE ON HOW TO GET AWAY OR OFF THESE? IS IT WORTH GOING TO COURT OR JUST TAKE IT ON THE CHIN?

Vesuvius 996

35,829 posts

302 months

Friday 14th December 2007
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CGH said:
I KNOW I SHOULD,NT HAVE BEEN ON THE MOBILE BUT....!!!!! I HAVE BEEN CAUGHT TWICE THIS WEEK, £120 FINE AND 6 POINTS, HAS ANYONE GOT ANY ADVICE ON HOW TO GET AWAY OR OFF THESE? IS IT WORTH GOING TO COURT OR JUST TAKE IT ON THE CHIN?
Try not using the phone when driving.

HTH.


oggs

8,817 posts

285 months

Friday 14th December 2007
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Vesuvius 996 said:
CGH said:
I KNOW I SHOULD,NT HAVE BEEN ON THE MOBILE BUT....!!!!! I HAVE BEEN CAUGHT TWICE THIS WEEK, £120 FINE AND 6 POINTS, HAS ANYONE GOT ANY ADVICE ON HOW TO GET AWAY OR OFF THESE? IS IT WORTH GOING TO COURT OR JUST TAKE IT ON THE CHIN?
Try not using the phone when driving.

HTH.
yesyesyes

And shout TURN YOUR CAPS LOCK OFF!!!!!!

Mr Robbo

1,209 posts

276 months

Friday 14th December 2007
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Certainly havent & even if I did wouldnt tell you.

If you dont like the punishment, dont drive around like a tool with your mobile strapped to your ear. FFS, hands free now-a-days are a pittance.

tsuiyasu toshiha

4,330 posts

240 months

Friday 14th December 2007
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yikesTwice??!!yikes







laugh

Do the crime do the time. You know the law and as if one fine(read:hint) didn't make you realise then!

Mattt

16,664 posts

249 months

Friday 14th December 2007
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Once, a momentary slip up.

Twice, in a week, you deserve it.

oggs

8,817 posts

285 months

Friday 14th December 2007
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Mr Robbo said:
FFS, hands free now-a-days are a pittance.
Don't most phones come with hands free devices just plug in the bottom and away you go smile

Mattt

16,664 posts

249 months

Friday 14th December 2007
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oggs said:
Mr Robbo said:
FFS, hands free now-a-days are a pittance.
Don't most phones come with hands free devices just plug in the bottom and away you go smile
Most of them you can just press the loudspeaker button! (Not that it gets round the law though, but means you are unlikely to get caught).

wrinx

680 posts

271 months

Friday 14th December 2007
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Mattt said:
Once, a momentary slip up.

Twice, in a week, you deserve it.
Yup, one of my pet hates and there is really no excuse rolleyes

Sorry....but you've been caught and I don't know of any way out...twice in a week! Someone's trying to tell you something rolleyes

wrinx

Festisio

772 posts

235 months

Friday 14th December 2007
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Lots of hands free kits for less than 120 notes.

And I absolutely love the way that after you first got caught you didn't think "oooh shit, I better be careful now"

Jasandjules

72,681 posts

260 months

Friday 14th December 2007
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I seriously wouldn't suggest going to court, I suspect you'll have full costs awarded against you when they notice the same offence twice in the same week.

Pay the Pension tax..

andy_s

19,857 posts

290 months

Friday 14th December 2007
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You won't get much sympathy here.....

Edited by andy_s on Friday 14th December 20:16

Hooli

32,278 posts

231 months

Friday 14th December 2007
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CGH said:
I KNOW I SHOULD,NT HAVE BEEN ON THE MOBILE BUT....!!!!! I HAVE BEEN CAUGHT TWICE THIS WEEK, £120 FINE AND 6 POINTS, HAS ANYONE GOT ANY ADVICE ON HOW TO GET AWAY OR OFF THESE? IS IT WORTH GOING TO COURT OR JUST TAKE IT ON THE CHIN?
go to court, seriously ignore the rest of them & go to court. claim you were in full control & the law is an arse. oh remember to go in scruffy clothes & shout 'wr' at the copper who ticketed you as he gives evidence.

they'll at least award the chance to pay costs as well you braindead cock. shame they cant take tts like you off the road right away, please do it twice more next week to finish the job.




streaky

19,311 posts

280 months

Friday 14th December 2007
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oggs said:
Don't most phones come with hands free devices just plug in the bottom and away you go smile
If the OP plugs it in the bottom, he'll have to shout to be heard! wink


Mattt said:
Most of them you can just press the loudspeaker button! (Not that it gets round the law though, but means you are unlikely to get caught).
The way the OP was shouting, i thought he had the loudspeaker turned on. wink Actually, it does "get round" the law, that only says you can't hold it.

Streaky

reAnimate

418 posts

313 months

Friday 14th December 2007
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Just for a moment, let's all take a step back.

Originally, using a mobile phone, while driving, was not illegal.

And we all did it.

Now, it's not legal.

And some people still do it.

Some use it for 10 seconds, while concentrating fully on the road ahead.

Others, be it on hands free or otherwise, have a 30 minutes sales catch up.

It's not right. And it's not wrong.

oggs

8,817 posts

285 months

Friday 14th December 2007
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streaky said:
oggs said:
Don't most phones come with hands free devices just plug in the bottom and away you go smile
If the OP plugs it in the bottom, he'll have to shout to be heard! wink



Streaky
As loud as he was earlier wink
You know the plug in headset I meant rolleyes


hehe

Wacky Racer

41,406 posts

278 months

Friday 14th December 2007
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reAnimate said:
It's not right. And it's not wrong.
Either it is right or it's wrong.

It's wrong.

Don't do it.

Bing o

15,184 posts

250 months

Friday 14th December 2007
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Wacky Racer said:
reAnimate said:
It's not right. And it's not wrong.
Either it is right or it's wrong.

It's wrong.

Don't do it.
Like speeding?

Just so we are clear....

Why can'y we just have offences of DWDC and DD without anything else?

You drive like a tt, you get done.

Be that with or without:

A cigarette, food, mobile, nothing...

End of.

oggs

8,817 posts

285 months

Friday 14th December 2007
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HTH

Wacky Racer

41,406 posts

278 months

Friday 14th December 2007
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Bing o said:
Like speeding?

Just so we are clear....

Why can'y we just have offences of DWDC and DD without anything else?

You drive like a tt, you get done.

Be that with or without:

A cigarette, food, mobile, nothing...

End of.
Whatever.....rolleyes

I just know that I have nearly had two head on crashes in six months, the first person was busy texting driving a 40 ton truck, the other a stupid bint with a phone in one hand and banana in the other trying to juggle the two on a narrow country road.

Tossers.

Perhaps increasing the penalty to 6 points and £200 might make them think twice.....