a VIEW to a KILL!. . .trucker license suspended for VIEWing episodes of BSG while driving. . .

[NewtonMP2100]

. . .and you thought talking on a cell and driving was bad. . .


Trucker Suspended for Behind-The-Wheel TV Viewing

. . .A court has suspended the license of a truck driver who careened down a highway while watching episodes of ''Battlestar Galactica'' on a laptop computer atop his dashboard.

Police say Benjamin Trotman drove for 25 miles (40 kilometers) in northern England last December with one eye on the road and the other on the cult sci-fi show. A traffic officer who pulled him over found the show still playing on his computer.

Trotman's lawyer claimed he had been looking at Google Maps while listening to the sound from the show. But Trotman pleaded guilty to dangerous driving at an earlier hearing.

On Friday a justice of the peace banned him from driving for 15 months. He also was sentenced to 225 hours of community service and ordered to pay 546 pounds (US$970) in costs.

[mrbigstuff]

I notice people staring (and I mean STARING) at their GPS units while driving. I'm not sure if this is any better than watching a TV show, although it is not as long of a duration.

[davester]

At least he has taste.

[Jack D.]

mrbigstuff wrote:
I notice people staring (and I mean STARING) at their GPS units while driving. I'm not sure if this is any better than watching a TV show, although it is not as long of a duration.

I put my GPS face down on the center console and listen to it yack at me to "turn here, turn here" just like the wife would. Only difference is the nag in the GPS has an OFF switch.

[OWC Jamie]

Jack D. wrote:
[quote=mrbigstuff]
I notice people staring (and I mean STARING) at their GPS units while driving. I'm not sure if this is any better than watching a TV show, although it is not as long of a duration.

I put my GPS face down on the center console and listen to it yack at me to "turn here, turn here" just like the wife would. Only difference is the nag in the GPS has an OFF switch.(that doesn't cost ya half of all you'll ever own)

[Filliam H. Muffman]

Jack D. wrote: I put my GPS face down on the center console and listen to it yack at me to "turn here, turn here" just like the wife would.

You put your wife face down on the center console, doesn't that get uncomfortable on long trips?

[Speedy]

Depends on how tall she is.

Filliam H. Muffman wrote:
[quote=Jack D.]I put my GPS face down on the center console and listen to it yack at me to "turn here, turn here" just like the wife would.

You put your wife face down on the center console, doesn't that get uncomfortable on long trips?

[Carthaigh]

What the hell was he thinking? BSG stopped being good years ago.