Driver Using Two Cell Phones Gets Year-Long Driving Ban

coondoggie writes "This guy is the poster-child for why cell phone use in cars should be banned in more places. According to press out of the United Kingdom, a man who was driving at 70MPH while texting on one phone and talking on another has been banned from driving for a year. Initial reports said that the driver, David Secker, was apparently using his knees to steer the car, an accusation he tried to refute in court."

Re:And the sad part is...

[LighterShadeOfBlack]

You missed the point. The ban on using mobile phones while driving isn't down to people taking their hands off the wheel, it's because studies have shown that it causes drivers to take their attention away from the road, thereby causing accidents.

Yes, the extent of this particular guy's idiocy is thankfully rare, but your own apparent ignorance of the true danger of driving while using a phone only highlights the practical value of the ban (which already exists here).

Re:I'm impressed

[blueg3]

Or he managed to be lucky for a while, which is far more likely.

RTFA --wasn't just the cellphones

[whoever57]

The driver was also driving without insurance which would have helped to get the driving ban.