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In a tragedy that the judge called "utterly avoidable," a British truck driver was sentenced to five years in prison for killing a 20-year-old bride-to-be as he watched porn on his cell phone, the Express and Star reported.
Ian Glover was clicking through images of naked women when his truck, traveling at least 50 mph, flew over a highway barrier and struck Laura Jane Thomas on July 21 near Shrewsbury, England, according to the newspaper's account of the court proceedings. Thomas died en route to the hospital. Her fiance, Lewis Pagett, was also injured. The two had pulled over to the side of the road after a breakdown and had taken refuge behind a barrier. They were on their way to the beach.
Glover's lawyer told the Shrewsbury Crown Court his client was "deeply ashamed."
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/06/03/truck-driver-porn_n_5438361.html?utm_hp_ref=crime
Orrex
(63,208 posts)Hasn't he been punished enough?
riqster
(13,986 posts)I'm being snarky, of course. The sad thing is, you KNOW others will say the same thing and be serious.
yallerdawg
(16,104 posts)Some things you can't do "hands free," eh?
Remember that. Pull over!
MineralMan
(146,288 posts)Nye Bevan
(25,406 posts)That was just total, depraved recklessness.
Yavin4
(35,438 posts)So that people can *ahem* text while driving.
kentauros
(29,414 posts)And I've been agreeing with it for years. But the ones so attached to their vehicles are almost like "...from my cold, dead hands!" with regards to the advent of driverless vehicles.
I like driving my car in some instances because it's fun. But most people are simply "motor vehicle operators" with no desire for driving skill, and seemingly, no desire to pay attention to the operating part either. I would gladly give up control of my vehicle to a computer and sensors if it meant eliminating distracted-driving with all of the MVOs out there now.
And this is the second story I've seen of a trucker killing someone while watching porn. Wasn't it just last year that the cop was killed by the idiot hiding the view of his porn-filled phone from the in-cab video camera?
Yavin4
(35,438 posts)I cannot even begin to imagine what they're like behind the wheel of a car.