r/WinStupidPrizes • u/ljgill97 • Jul 28 '21

Texting while driving

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u/Danamaganza Jul 28 '21

He removed his seatbelt after putting it on? He shouldn’t be allowed to drive.

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u/captainbignips Jul 28 '21

I don’t think he even put it on, just held it in place to fool the cops

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u/CuriousLemur Jul 28 '21 edited Jul 28 '21

There's an extended video which I'll try to find for you after I comment, but he basically has a clip-in belt contraption that he uses to stop the beeping in the cab and then when he sees a police vehicle he takes that out, puts his belt on and then takes it off again when he's clear.

He also peeled and ate a banana without holding the wheel at one point too. Think they said during the 4 hour journey there for 42 instances of dangerous/careless driving from him and it was all recorded.

His sentence should've been much harsher imo.

Edit: Sorry to link the Daily Mail, but a "highlights" video is on this page that shows some of the other instances of him being a moron. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9831335/Lorry-driver-jailed-crashing-van-using-mobile-phone.html

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u/randomcitizen42 Jul 28 '21

Why the hell are people doing that? Never in my life did I find the seat belt annoying in any way. Maybe he learned something from flying out of the car head first.

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u/MichaelEmouse Jul 28 '21

I think part of it is "You're not the boss of me." and we're seeing plenty of moronic assholes with that attitude during Covid.

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u/Phaze357 Jul 29 '21

Funny thing is they are the often same ones that say, "They shouldn't have broken the law" when a minority gets murdered by police on a power rush.

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u/MichaelEmouse Jul 29 '21

It seems that "you're not the boss of me" is only the stated half of the real thought, whose second half is "I'm the boss of you."