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paul20v · 22-02-2008,10:13 PM

she was on the phone when the tanker in front stopped she used her car as a brake ,only a dislocated knee and luckily no passenger

**MalcQV** · 22-02-2008,10:35 PM

**paul b** · 22-02-2008,11:45 PM

How has anyone survived that? That's unbelievable. She must be the luckiest woman alive (no pun intended). I think I might just fit that hands-free kit this weekend...
Paul

**hagis** · 23-02-2008,12:24 AM

Good grief! That's testiment to modern car design. I'm amazed she suffered such minor injuries.

**Captain Answer** · 23-02-2008,01:07 AM

Didn't catch what car it was but it was a little jeepy thing on the back of a wagon the other day, it was perfectly normal at the front and the back was almost perfectly flat right behind the rear seats

**RickT** · 23-02-2008,01:14 AM

Put it this way, i would not want to be in a Ford ka, once down a 1.2 and the brakes felt like lumps of wood..

Rick

**murray26775** · 24-02-2008,07:13 PM

i hope she learned her lesson, and may everyone who sees that pic take heed. i have had a few near misses being on the phone and had a car kit fitted.

**DaveNN** · 24-02-2008,07:41 PM

Originally Posted by murray26775

i hope she learned her lesson, and may everyone who sees that pic take heed. i have had a few near misses being on the phone and had a car kit fitted.

I'm not too sure if I will transfer my car kit to the SEL (when it arrives)....IF only because you still run the risk of prosecution, if in an accident...whilst using the phone (hands free or not).
Many Company vehicle fleets now insist that mobiles be switched off whilst driving...with a few suggesting that the mobile must be kept in the boot (switched off) whilst driving.
Unfortunately, until the penalties are increased to that of drink driving, we will see drivers leaning on their right hand whislt driving (such a giveaway) AND accidents like the one above!