POLL: Should drivers be banned from using their phone in any capacity?
| Updated: 16:35, 18 February 2021
The family of a motorcyclist killed in a collision on the A46 near Flintham have spoken after the driver was responsible sentenced at Nottingham Magistrates Court.
John Aves, 42, suffered fatal injuries on the night of Wednesday, December 11, 2019, as he travelled on the A46 near Flintham.
Mr Aves was hit from behind by a car and knocked to the ground. Its driver, 40-year-old Natasha Labidi, was found to have been on a hands-free phone call at the time and was last month found guilty of causing death by careless driving.
Grieving mother urges drivers to put mobile phones away after son was hit on A46 near Flintham in December 2019
| Updated: 09:14, 13 February 2021
A grieving mother is asking drivers to pledge to never use their mobile phone when driving even on handsfree technology.
Mary Aves, whose son was tragically killed by a driver who was on a hands free call, is backing a Nottinghamshire Police campaign targeting drivers who use their mobile phones behind the wheel.
The roads policing enforcement activity, which started this week (February 8) and runs for a fortnight, sees £200 fines issued for the offence as well as drivers given six points on their licence. The crackdown comes ahead of rule changes being consulted by the government as ministers look to introduce a new law that will criminalise the use of mobile phones in all circumstances while driving.
Driver did not pay safe attention to road in lead up to fatal crash with scooter on A46
She was on the phone to her children via a hands free device at the time of the crash
A view of the A46 near Flintham in Nottinghamshire (Image: Nottingham Post)
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Mum didn t even see scooter rider in the moments before fatal A46 crash
John Aves died shortly after being taken to Queen s Medical Centre
The A46 near Flintham (Image: Google)
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A woman was on the phone to her children via a hands free device in the moments leading up to a fatal crash on the A46, a court has heard.