After being caught by police using two mobile phones at the same time on a 70mph road, a 34-year-old man from Norwich has been given 14 points and banned from driving for 12 months.
In May, David Secker was stopped on the A47 near Norwich as part of a crackdown on driving with mobile phones. He was one of 239 people caught by Norfolk police during the campaign.
Secker was found guilty at Norwich Magistrates’ Court of using a mobile while driving, not having insurance and not being in a proper position to control a car.
The court was told by the police who stopped him that he was talking on one phone and appeared to be texting on the other as they got closer. They also revealed that he had kept them waiting while he finished his conversation on the telephone.
Simon Nicholls, his defence lawyer, told magistrates that he had been reading a number out over the phone and was not driving his Vauxhall Tigra with his knees as had been claimed in newspapers.
In 2008, the defendant was previously banned for a drink-driving offence and was given eight penalty points in 2009 for driving without insurance. Speaking outside the court, Secker said that the magistrates’ decision was a fair one.
Mr Nicholls said: “We hear about people driving while eating apples and doing all kind of stupid things. He accepts he made a mistake and will learn from it.”