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Driver Busted for Double-Fisting Cell Phones and One-Fingered Steering

by Terrence O'Brien on October 19, 2009 at 02:00 PM

It's bad enough when someone drives around with a cell phone glued to their ear. But one Australian man recently thought he could do the Average Driving-While-Calling Joe two better.

The Herald Sun reports that this man, who has not been identified by police, was pulled over by sergeant Rob Atkinson of the Chelsea Traffic Management Unit for driving while using two cell phones on Saturday afternoon. To make matters worse, after explaining that he'd had to transfer information from one phone to the other, the man explained that it was okay because he'd kept one finger on the wheel at all times.

Sergeant Atkinson pulled the man over after he'd noticed the car swerving dramatically, and told the Herald Sun that it was one of the worst cases of careless driving he'd ever seen. Atkinson issued the driver $500 in fines and six demerit points on his license.

We just want to know if he gave the driver a breathalyzer. You'd have to be drunk to think that driving with one finger is "okay." [From: Herald Sun]

Tags: car, cell phone, CellPhone, dumb criminal, DumbCriminal, dwt, law, top

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