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My colleague has been reported to school for using her mobile whilst driving?

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scottishegg · 21/05/2015 19:01

Hi all a teacher at my daughters local school was driving through the local town apparently on her phone when driving and has been reported to our headteacher by another parent the head has taken no further action but just informed her she was seen ( she hasn't yet confirmed or denied this) It was on a weekend in her own vehicle (no one else was in the car)

Who's being unreasonable? The parent for reporting it or the staff member for doing it?

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SDTGisAnEvilWolefGenius · 23/05/2015 13:28

Orlando - it sounds as if you are arguing that, because some distractions are unavoidable (children in the car, for example), we shouldn't bother to avoid any distractions.

I would argue the opposite - since there are some unavoidable distractions, it is our responsibility as drivers (in control of 1+ tonnes of lethal weapon, as Magrat says), to avoid those distractions - like using a phone, or fiddling with the sat-nav - that are avoidable^.

The bottom line, for me, is that I don't want to have to live with the guilt of causing an accident, and hurting other people, if I could have avoided it by a simple measure such as not using my phone.

I have been involved in an incident on the motorway. Luckily the traffic was moving slowly (40mph, or thereabouts), and I was paying close attention to the traffic around me - because I a) noticed that the exhaust on the car in front of me was flapping around in the breeze in a very hazardous way and b) had time to reduce my speed when the exhaust and catalytic converter fell off and came bouncing down the road towards me!

I ended up with it jammed underneath my car - the car behind me stopped in time (because the driver was paying attention), drove round me and went on his way. The van behind him also stopped safely - and then was rearended by the van behind. I have been told by the police that that driver was either too close, too fast or not paying enough attention to his driving - he will be appearing in court later on this summer, and I have been called as a witness for the prosecution.

If I had been on the phone, or fiddling with the sat nav - it could have been a much worse outcome. As it was, there was minor damage to my car (I needed a new tire, and wheel arch liner, and dh had to rebuild the front indicator housing with Meccano and superglue!

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