A driver and passenger who decided to swap seats mid-travel nearly caused a crash on Dunedin’s Southern Motorway.
Acting Senior Sergeant Anthony Bond said police received reports of a vehicle speeding and tailgating on the motorway at 6.35pm yesterday.
As the vehicle turned off the motorway on to Andersons Bay Rd, the driver and passenger swapped places mid travel, almost colliding with another vehicle.
It turned out the 20-year-old male driver was forbidden to drive, so the vehicle was impounded.
Police were also called to Strathallan St at 5.47pm after a 21-year-old male driver veered his car into the rear of a parked vehicle after taking his eyes off the road. There were no injuries, and inquiries were continuing.
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A 21 year old male veered his car into the rear of a parked vehicle after taking his eyes off the road? Have the police checked his mobile phone to find out what he was posting on Instagram/Facebook/Twitter/TicTok? Perhaps he was instead reading or, even worse, sending a text message?
I still routinely see drivers looking down while their thumbs are moving around on their mobile phone. If I see fewer than 3 drivers using their mobile phones on each drive to and from work every day then I consider it a good day.