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Driver on mobile phone, laptop and wearing headphones (Aberdeen Cycle Cam YouTube still)Police charge man over Aberdeen laptop driver video
Police Scotland say a man has been charged and a report passed to prosecutors after a video was posted online showing a a motorist using a laptop computer and handheld mobile phone, as well as wearing headphones, while driving a Land Rover Discovery in Aberdeen.
Footage of the man, who was behind the wheel of a Land Rover Discovery, went viral after YouTube user Aberdeen Cycle Cam posted it to the video-sharing website after fillming it last week.
In a statement, Police Scotland said:
Police Scotland can confirm that, following inquiries into footage showing a road traffic matter on Queens Road, Aberdeen, a 46-year-old man has been charged and reported to the procurator fiscal.
The incident took place on February 5. It is anticipated the male will appear in court at a later date.
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Simon joined road.cc as news editor in 2009 and is now the site’s community editor, acting as a link between the team producing the content and our readers. A law and languages graduate, published translator and former retail analyst, he has reported on issues as diverse as cycling-related court cases, anti-doping investigations, the latest developments in the bike industry and the sport’s biggest races. Now back in London full-time after 15 years living in Oxford and Cambridge, he loves cycling along the Thames but misses having his former riding buddy, Elodie the miniature schnauzer, in the basket in front of him.
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