Top 10 excuses police hear from drivers using cellphones -
Police in British Columbia issued more than 3,500 tickets to drivers for using electronic devices while driving during a September crackdown, according to the Insurance Corporation of B.C. (ICBC).
“The excuses I’ve heard are incredible,” Chief Jamie Graham of Victoria Police said in a statement. “One distracted driver even tried to tell me that he wasn’t on the phone — he was just listening.”
ICBC put together a list of the top 10 excuses police heard from drivers who were caught allegedly using hand-held devices behind the wheel:
1. This is a bogus law. (B.C. has a quick response for that one: about one in four of all fatal crash deaths in the province are related to distracted driving.)
2. It was my boss on the phone — I had to answer it.
3. I wasn’t using it — I just like to hold it.
4. Sorry officer, I didn’t see you trying to pull me over because I was on my phone.
5. But it was an emergency call to my wedding planner!
6. My Bluetooth died.
7. Driver: I’m using my speakerphone. Police officer: No, you’re holding your phone in one hand and steering with the other.
8. I’m not driving; I was stopped at a red light.
9. I wasn’t talking, I was checking my messages.
10. I was just checking the time.
Read more -
http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/article/1068198--top-10-excuses-police-hear-from-drivers-using-cellphones?bn=1
Police in British Columbia issued more than 3,500 tickets to drivers for using electronic devices while driving during a September crackdown, according to the Insurance Corporation of B.C. (ICBC).
“The excuses I’ve heard are incredible,” Chief Jamie Graham of Victoria Police said in a statement. “One distracted driver even tried to tell me that he wasn’t on the phone — he was just listening.”
ICBC put together a list of the top 10 excuses police heard from drivers who were caught allegedly using hand-held devices behind the wheel:
1. This is a bogus law. (B.C. has a quick response for that one: about one in four of all fatal crash deaths in the province are related to distracted driving.)
2. It was my boss on the phone — I had to answer it.
3. I wasn’t using it — I just like to hold it.
4. Sorry officer, I didn’t see you trying to pull me over because I was on my phone.
5. But it was an emergency call to my wedding planner!
6. My Bluetooth died.
7. Driver: I’m using my speakerphone. Police officer: No, you’re holding your phone in one hand and steering with the other.
8. I’m not driving; I was stopped at a red light.
9. I wasn’t talking, I was checking my messages.
10. I was just checking the time.
Read more -
http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/article/1068198--top-10-excuses-police-hear-from-drivers-using-cellphones?bn=1
No comments:
Post a Comment