THE mother of a woman killed near Thame by a driver who had been texting while driving, is petitioning for the law to be toughened up for motorists caught using their mobile phones whilst driving.
Jennifer Ford, the mother of the victim, 24 year-old Victoria McBryde, has set up petitions on the 10 Downing Street site, Facebook and Twitter.
Philippa Curtis, aged 21, was sentenced to 21 months by a judge at Oxford Crown Court recently and given a three-year driving ban for causing death by dangerous driving. She crashed into the back of Victoria McBryde’s stationary car at 70mph on the A40 near Wheatley. Victoria had pulled over after puncturing a tyre.
Currently, anyone caught driving using a mobile phone receives a
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