Karma for the Mobile phone user driving...
I'm always on at my girlfriend for using her phone while driving, but she doesn't seem to care. A few months ago she rung up in a state of panic saying she'd been pulled over for using her phone and she was going to lose her license. My inner voice was screaming 'I f*cking told you so you dozy cow!!!', but what I ended up saying was more along the lines of 'don't worry sweety of course you won't'.

It turns out that she had let her insurance lapse because she moved and neglected to tell them. So they sent all the renew docs to her old house. So she ended up getting nicked for talking on her mobile and no insurance which took her over her points which meant an instant ban.

She ended up hiring a solicitor and spending over £2k to get off the charge. She was so happy when she got off that she called me right away from, you guessed it, the front seat of the car while driving home.

She still uses her phone all the time, but not when I'm in the car. Next time she gets caught I'm going really rub it in. Karma may have let her get away this time, but i'm just waiting for the next one. I can't wait for the day she has to buy a bus ticket cos she's so smug about never using public transport.

So I said to my mom when she asked for an update: 'Karma in the car Ma. It's going to happen soon'.

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(The Archduke of South London I'm in your Girlfriend eating her organs, Wed 27 Feb 2008, 13:39, 9 replies)

Why not
just buy her a car kit for her phone? Less chance of her being killed in an accident that way.
( K2k6 has a proper job these days, Wed 27 Feb 2008, 13:44, closed)

WTF?
I'd rather take the rap than stump up over £2000.
(oneinthepink is at your cervix m'lady, Wed 27 Feb 2008, 13:54, closed)

How do you "get off" being an uninsured driver?
you either have it or you don't. "I'm sorry m'lud, but you need to take into account that my client is a feckless airhead".

"Oh very well then, I clear her of all charges as long as she can help me download some bangin' ringtones for my iPhone"
( Colonel Dracula Two manky hookers and a racist dwarf, Wed 27 Feb 2008, 14:20, closed)

The court may have come to a compromise on points
so as to allow her to keep her license.

I've heard of this happening before.

Probably it was the 3 points for driving on the phone that they let her off.

If one needs their license for their job then they can sometimes be more lenient.
(Half of Stephen Fry's right buttock pissed on your dog on, Wed 27 Feb 2008, 14:54, closed)

I already got...
Her a hands free. In fact she has two both of which she has lost/broken.
Apparently it was a miracle that she got off as they don't usually let you off. However I think the fact she drives the kids to school helps. Oh yeah, the kids. I forgot about them. It would break their little hearts to have to go to school on a bus.
(The Archduke of South London I'm in your Girlfriend eating her organs, Wed 27 Feb 2008, 15:29, closed)

You're dating an idiot.
Maybe when she runs over someone else's child as she's too busy nattering she'll realise.
( Captain Wow currently being a cunt in Infamous, Wed 27 Feb 2008, 16:35, closed)

I hope the Karma
comes in the form of a hefty fine and a ban, rather than a prison sentence for her killing a child outside a school.
(Northern Lovely, Wed 27 Feb 2008, 16:46, closed)

A bit reactionary today aren't we?
You don't HAVE to believe these 'Every time you use your mobile phone whilst driving, a kitten dies' adverts.

Granted, using it whilst driving through a packed town center is silly and irresponsible, but if you're, for instance, using it on an empty motorway at night, it's perfectly safe.

I don't understand why we need these blanket bans. We already have a perfectly good law to cover mobile phone use - it's called 'Driving without due care and attention'.
(Half of Stephen Fry's right buttock pissed on your dog on, Wed 27 Feb 2008, 17:18, closed)

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If she calls you when she's in the car, then just hang up on her. Maybe she'll begin to learn that way.
(joepublic 's opinion does not represent that of the public, Wed 27 Feb 2008, 21:09, closed)