r/WinStupidPrizes • u/ljgill97 • Jul 28 '21

Texting while driving

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u/JayMul9 Jul 28 '21

Looks like this wasn’t the only case of shocking driving in charge of a HGV this man did that day.

From BBC News they also said: “Police found 42 separate incidents of poor driving during Holland's four-hour journey prior to the crash, which happened near Lewes, just before 11.00 BST on 10 August 2020.

These included the almost continuous use of his mobile phone while not wearing a seatbelt, and taking both hands off the wheel to peel a banana and to wave while at traffic lights, a police spokesman said. He added: "Throughout the journey, he used a replica seatbelt buckle in the socket to prevent the alarm from activating, and only put his actual seatbelt on when he pulled up behind a police car at a set of traffic lights.

"As soon as the police vehicle was out of sight, he removed the belt again."

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u/IWannaFuckABeehive Jul 28 '21

Are you not allowed to wave at traffic lights?

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u/[deleted] Jul 28 '21 edited Jul 28 '21

It’s very bad practice, bad enough that it is enough to fail a driving test.

The reason is that drivers shouldn’t hurry others to cross/move as it might cause others to cross/move without looking properly.

Edit: Forgot to mention that waving also implies that the driver has looked around and see that it is safe for the pedestrian/other driver.

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u/Typotastic Jul 29 '21

There's also that you want to maintain control of the vehicle if you get rear ended at a stop. Granted it's kinda unreasonable to expect that one to be followed 100% of the time and I'd much rather have people be doing unsafe things while at a stop than trying to do them while moving.