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...To have told a bin lorry driver to get off his phone?

39 replies

PoisonousSmurf · 07/04/2017 15:38

I came up to a crossroads near my home and a bin lorry driver was right opposite me. He had a phone clamped to his head, chatting away as if nothing was wrong.
I shouted over to him to 'Get off the phone', of course he gives me a mouthful of abuse and V signs.
I then pointed to my dashcam. He went bright red!
Now, what do I do with the footage?

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Buscake · 07/04/2017 16:15

Please send it to the police. You can't even touch a phone now while the engine is on without incurring 6points and £200 fine. He needs to learn, it completely distracts you and is so dangerous.

CoolCarrie · 07/04/2017 16:15

Send it to the police
Look at the family who were killed recently by a lorry driver changing the music industry n his phone

LurkingHusband · 07/04/2017 16:16

Lurking, do you have a separate one on the back window, or are there two lenses on the front one.

It's two-in-one, but certainly good enough quality to read number plates, and (most importantly) see faces.

CoolCarrie · 07/04/2017 16:17

Music on his phone that should have said!
Honestly don't let anyone get away with that

CauliflowerSqueeze · 07/04/2017 16:18

Was it definitely the driver rather than his passenger? If you were in a car to the left of his lorry you wouldn't have been able to see him and your dashcam wouldn't be pointing up and to the right would it?
Just trying to picture this incident.

LurkingHusband · 07/04/2017 16:20

Maybe all drivers' cabs should have CCTV in them so they can't use their mobile phones or read the newspaper while they're driving?

Well cars will start to be fitted with onboard cameras as standard, along with mandatory GPS and automatic emergency calling. But I suspect it'll be the last hurrah as driverless cars are introduced.

IvyLeagueUnderTheSea · 07/04/2017 16:23

Do we want an unemployed lorry driver claiming benefits and unable to get another job because as soon as an employer finds out what he was sacked for, they won't employ him.

I don't think the op should be sent on any kind of guilt trip for this.
I'd be far more concerned about something that could potentially kill a large number of people or have we all forgotten about that accident now. He has made the choice to put the lives of others as well as his job at risk.

JaneEyre70 · 07/04/2017 16:29

A family friend's mother was killed by a reversing bin lorry. It was horrific. He's driving a lethal weapon and should not be on a phone. Please report him.

PoisonousSmurf · 07/04/2017 16:31

This is the clearest pic I could get. Taking pic from computer screen.

...To have told a bin lorry driver to get off his phone?
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IvyLeagueUnderTheSea · 07/04/2017 16:45

As it's on the computer can you not do a screen grab? Have you literally used your phone to take a photograph of the computer screen?

I think you should email it to the police and the council. He should lose his job over this. He could easily kill someone.

Emphasise · 07/04/2017 16:49

Surely if he loses his job, that's a job freed up doe someone else, so no net effect on benefit claims

CauliflowerSqueeze · 07/04/2017 16:53

That picture is clear enough. They can look at his phone records as well.

pudcat · 07/04/2017 17:42

He deserves to lose his job. The next time he might not see a car approaching his junction and pull out into it with disastrous consequences.

MovingtoParadise · 07/04/2017 17:45

You can easily see the registration too. If it says what time it is they can easily find him

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