It's just under two years since the accident on the M1 where a minibus was crushed killing 8 and injuring 4 more including a young girl. Whilst it was poular to blame the foreign driver who had stopped in the first lane of the motorway the judge's comments when sentencing the second driver was reported as -
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"You had between nine and 11 second to see the vehicles ahead had you not been so distracted by using the phone, albeit on Bluetooth.
"You took no action whatsoever because you weren't concentrating on what was in front of you, they were there to be seen and you didn't see them."
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Still think using a handsfree phone while driving is OK?
That driver got a 3 year 4 month sentence to reflect on it.