waremark wrote:Personally, I find it hard to believe that the mobile phone use will have been a major part of his not reacting to the stopped vehicles.
/confirmation bias
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waremark wrote:Personally, I find it hard to believe that the mobile phone use will have been a major part of his not reacting to the stopped vehicles.
fungus wrote:If not the mobile phone convesation, then what?
The minibus had hazard warning lights flashing and the judge said that he should have been able to see the the stopped minibus for 9-11 seconds, which at a limited maximum speed of 56mph means that he travelled between 711 and 869ft without noticing the minibus. .
TheInsanity1234 wrote:The only way I can imagine the driver to have managed to miss the minibus for that length of time would be because he was looking at the phone or fiddling with a satnav while carrying on the conversation...
GTR1400MAN wrote:Last night there was a massive crash on the A12 heading from Colchester to Ipswich. In the distance you could see loads of emergency vehicles with blue flashing lights. Numerous cars with hazard lights flashing, brake lights aglow. I slowed, braking and using hazard lights and came to halt in lane 2 giving myself about 50yds in front as I was tail end Charlie. The Range Rover behind me was fortunate I did, as I watched him approaching in my rear view mirror, saw the front dip violently as he braked hard and I realised he likely wouldn't stop. I moved forward and he came to an ABS chirping halt behind me. Scary.
Horse wrote:I didn't know that it happened in darkness
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