Text messaging lorry driver gets five years
News The lorry driver accused of running down and killing a man while typing a text message was sentenced to five years imprisonment Wednesday for what was condemned as a "wickedly dangerous" activity. Browning had been driving a goods lorry filled with...
[February 15, 2001, 11:55]
Text messaging blamed for pedestrian's death
News A lorry driver was accused Monday of killing a pedestrian while typing a text message on his mobile phone. This is thought to be the first case where it has been claimed that a fatality occurred because a driver was typing a text message.
[February 12, 2001, 14:50]
Rupert Goodwins' Diary
Blog You're out scooping up the plastic when along comes a sleep-deprived lorry driver rattling with benzedrine after a three day drive across Europe. To one side of the road, safely cosseted in a lorry-proof pod, the human operator scans the lanes with...
[April 30, 2004, 13:15]
RoSPA calls for mobile driving ban
News Earlier this year a lorry driver was jailed for five years after knocking down and killing a man while typing a text message. Up to 16 people have died in accidents in the UK where a car driver was using a mobile, according to RoSPA.
[July 17, 2001, 12:30]
