A south London court handed Beckham six points on his drivers' license for the offense in the British capital, reported UK media agency Press Association .With six points already on his license for other speeding offenses, Beckham, 43, now faces a ban.The former Manchester United and England footballer was driving his Bentley in London's West End on November 21 when a member of the public spotted him using his phone, reports PA.
James Corden pulls the ultimate prank on David Beckham "Instead of looking straight forward, paying attention to the road, he appeared to be looking at his lap," said prosecutor Matthew Spratt, according to PA.Read More"He says that the defendant was operating a handheld device at knee level. At that moment a photograph was taken."David Beckham Fast FactsBeckham's lawyer, Gerrard Tyrrell, said that his client cannot remember the incident.
Shame on you David. People die ever day as result of this kind of negligence.
You must drive Uber like me..Relaxing at the back
you think your too good at text multi tasking too? When you drive shut off your phone, pay attention 100% to driving only. Its life or death, to use cell phones while driving,so restrict yourself. Choose to drive undistracted and live. Remember your loved ones,call em when not.
Think of all the lives saved if this were law here. It isn't because they'll arrest you for no seatbelt, but not for being distracted and sneaking in a text message at the light on the sly. Thousands of those reading this will die THIS YEAR because, nobody gives a shit about you.
A working nation always difficult to beat.
That’s just stupid...being banned I mean.
We should have that in the US
We definitely need that law in NYC especially for the traffic being held up
Shame on you for thinking this is “BREAKING NEWS”!!!! This term is so abused
Seems steep.
Is this law not applicable in USA
Wish we had that law here in the USA!!!
Is it being enforced here ?
We need that same law here in the USA it’s out of control
Is human...sure
I bet his car had a hands free capability. Why didn’t he use it?
No one is above the law!
Wow I thought it was just in Nigeria that using a cellphone while driving was this serious... in Nigeria you would have to do a sanity test by visiting the hospital after a fully wasted day .. well David can always have someone drive him
Can he still ride his motorcycle?
Oh ok. Because I guess that’s what’s important.
Don't Bentley's come with bluetooth capability?
I am sorry to hear that bro.
Dang. I almost hit his wife on Spring St. in St. Helena many years ago because I was on my cell phone & distracted. The thought of millions of fans hunting me down had I run over Posh Spice still keeps me from using my phone on the road.
And it becomes national news!
Here in my country, 🇵🇭 its okay to use mobile phones while driving. We have law that says its illegal, but hell, just give the enforcer a dollar worth and youre good to go reckless again
tommyhearn Poor man... He will have to stop driving Ferrari Spider for six months... Poor man.
Oh I would have guessed that he was too short to reach the pedals.
IndiaAlanna That’s not football.
Whose been a naughty boy then, still he who cast the last stone and all that.
Chill out pisces
Everyone makes mistakes but distracted drivers kill people everyday. He should consider himself lucky that he and or others were not hurt. Calls and texts can wait,,,,,,not worth dying for.
I ride the bus to work and see so many people driving and talking/texting
Six months, I’m sure is not the first time.
That’s stupid!
If he’d been in America Trump would have awarded him with the Presidential Medal of Freedom.
Stupid but at least he’s not another pervert. He can pay someone to drive him around I suppose.
Why so much attention? Dose he support Trump? ........
What kind of communist malarkey is this!? Hardly breaking news.
Negligence is punishable by the law .
This is breaking news? Like we really care?
Uh oh ....
We should do the same to those who break the law here! Sad that people think that that one call can’t just wait for later. It may cost someone’s life! Just that one moment of distraction!
You can eat a big Mac and fries with a hot apple pie and a ciggie though, while trying to find a radio station in West Sussex, that's fine. Beckham you monster.
Law is above all!
Good
Awww shucks.....I guess he'll have to put his limo driver back to work 🙄
Poor David.
Must be a slow news day.
Lol! Who cares! Report something more important. I could give two shits about Beckham driving while on his phone.
Sorry, beautiful boy
Wow they are serious there. Six months seems extreme.
Climate change made him do it
Spent too much time driving in LA where it is mandatory to drive while texting
Why is this breaking news?
This is the most British tweet ever
🙀
“breaking news”
This is not breaking news!
Dave is extremely lucky he isn’t facing man slaughter charges.
Oh no, how is he going to be able to get around the place. Taxis, buses and trains can be so expensive!! ☹️☹️
I volunteer to be his driver!
He drives? Would have thought he had a driver.
First offense is only $50 in Georgia.
Nobody cares
This should happen everywhere!
What has this world come to...
Good. Well done the person who reported him. He is nothing special. Just another idiot friver using his phone. Fine should have been larger.
If this judgment was implemented all over the world oil prices would collapse.
Do that in the USA and there would be no one on the roads
Gotta love how everyone in this image (except Beckham) is having so much fun. :D
He can afford a driver at least
Ya see that America? That’s how it’s done!!!! Even though he’s famous and has money he gets punished just like the rest of the population!!! You go England!!!!
Why doesn’t he just have someone drive him around already?
Aww...good thing he is able to hire a driver. Six months will pass by quickly. DavidBeckham DrivingBan Cellphone
Good
Hello Speedy Gonzalez ahem Beckham 🤣🤣🤣
Real “Breaking news” CNN
He can afford to be chaperoned around for a while. Lol.
Just imagine! Nigeria should emulate good things from Britain and not the ugly ones.
Must have been really important.
By the way: How did the prince case of breaking traffic regulations end? Selective justice, right?...a new form of so called democracy?
Omg can you imagine the all out crybabies in the US if this was a rule? I’m guilty of it cause there’s no teeth. I do try NOT to. If that was the rule then he’ll no I wouldn’t use it. But Americans as a whole would whine and whine
Yo I thought this was a news account not tmz
Arrogant law breaker.
Si le même règlement existait à Porto ,les rues seraient vides pendant 6 mois
So he'll go and live in another country for the next 6 months !!!
StanleyRoberts imagine if we did this in 🇺🇸? The whole country would be banned from driving.
CanYouHearMeNow
*Beckham reporting for Non-Driving Duty every day for 6 months*
Strict rules. Might be the way do go everyplace
Obviously the person taking the picture had nothing else better to do... how sad you are.. back stabber comes to mind...
Wow. He gets more time than someone in Victoria who ...rams police...bashes police...hits ambulance drivers...rapes someone...the list goes on
Poor Becks! Who’s going to do the kid’s school run now? 🤣
I suggest he rides bicycle shirtless
One less idiot on our roadways
Breaking news? Really CNN?
Big deal😎he can afford a chauffeur 🛴
It should apply to everyone who is caught in the world.
Those are the fines we need in the US.
6 months for texting while driving? Wtf
unsubscribe beckham-driving-updates
Stupid man !
Need these kind of bans in NYC
davidbeckham looking at his new driver...
Aww look at all the women taking pics of him
I was holding a Cup of coffee&got falsely Accused by a NY State trooper.I was Demanded 2 hand over my cellphone to him,he searched it,saw no Use & still wrote me up. So much for the 4th Amendment being Violated.Self Representing myself in An Appeal stage in an upcoming court date
hey RalphGoodale can we do this in Canada too, stop this driving and texting once and for all? seems easy, caught using a phone when drivng, immediate licence suspension for 6 months (at least).
If only they imposed this policy in the US!!!
Absolute joke.....feel so sorry for Beckham he does not deserve this!
Idiot, why didn't he just plug his phone into the car auxiliary and use it hands free like I do..
Wow. I guess he didn’t get the memo
Hold everyone accountable.. Including the 🚔 them self. See more of them than i like to see.
This is not Breaking News. Donald Trump being on your airwaves as I type this message blatantly telling lies is. You all need to start holding his ass accountable. Either put a lie counter up every time he speaks or cut from him talking when he knowingly begins to lie.
We chat/argue with others in the car -get disturbed by various things on road and in our mind and we feel we are safe to drive! One handed driving isaccepted except when the other hand holds a toy near your ear!!funny.Very loud music inside the car is safe?
..........
Umm... That’s a bit ridiculous.
. We should have this in Kenya
That's breaking news? Damn the world seems peaceful today
My phone would run out of memory if I took pics of people doing this......
Thoughts and prayer..
I agree do same in US cause 1/2 of drivers are on phones driving like idiots! On phone= drunk driving fine as same!
Tattoo to celebrate?
Most people here just read the tweet and not the article do they. UK has a point system where you get suspended after a number of violations. The phone incident just pushed him over. It alone is not enough for suspension.
Omg what should we do? Go on strike? I’m so scared now!!’ Should we notify our loved ones now? My heart can’t handle all this breaking news!!!!
Texty spice.
If only they'd do it in America..but they won't
Wao!!! That's horrible...😚😚😚😥😭
He was fined £750, ordered to pay £100 in prosecution costs and £75 surcharge.Bromley Magistrates' Court Judge Catherine Moore delivered the verdict.
Thug
يا المرور_السعودي ٩٩٪ من الناس عندنا يستخدمون الجوال اثناء القيادة حتى عمال البلدية ولا عقاب هذا ٦ شهور ممنوع قيادة السيارة لاستخدامه الجوال اثناء القيادة
Wow, that’s quite the penalty. We need something like that here
Oh, the shame!
Thaaat sux
Is talking through a hands free device like Bluetooth also illegal in Britain 🇬🇧?
Holy crap they serious about that
Such a ban here in America would empty our streets of automobiles in no time. Bring the judge here.
If this happened in the US today, the roads would be a little better, BUT there will still be those driving on a suspended license.
How is this even news...?
Former footballer pleaded guilty after a member of the public spotted him.
We should first implement a law, prohibiting slow drivers off the left lane.
Wow. Now if the US would get on board with the DUI’s like this .. we might have a chance. Harsh straight out the gate. Worsening as you reoffend.
In kenya, he would have been given a government job for his effort.
Thanks for bringing MLS to Miami! I’ll give him free piggy back rides just because of it.
He was using his mobile phone while driving his Bentley in the West End of London.
'In Soviet Russia...'
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There would be no such thing called traffic jams if we did this law in all 50 states believe that
Wow! Thats a little extreme
Good! I just wish we had better laws & enforcement in US to protect us from stupid, self-absorbed people who insist on babbling on phone or texting while driving & putting innocent lives at risk—like my mother’s. On Mother’s Day, I’ll be visiting her in the cemetery.💔
ndtv TimesNow IndiaToday NewsHtn NewsX MirrorNow Can we have the same rules in India? Can you all as responsible News Channel take up a drive on this...
Another rich tosser who thinks the law and other people's lives are beneath him
Lol
Good but not enough punishment. Should be a year minimum and if you kill someone the penalty should be the same as for murder
No one is above the law. It's fair!!!
Reading this on my phone while I am driving 🤦♂️
Give me his car
Omg gosh...so NEWS worthy. 😝
Seriously can he not afford hands free? 🤔
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BFD he can afford limo chauffeuring the rest of his life and not even scratch the surface of his bank account.
Good nor one should be spared.
I will drive him...
FINALLY
if he had used the speakerphone they would not have fined him. excessive suspension of driving license for six months. in europe they are more forgiving.
He in Georgia?
call UBER
To be fair, if you read the article, it’s because he has points from a previous speeding conviction.
Am a defensive driver who follows all the rules, cuz “driving is a privilege and not a constitutional right.”😊🚗 justsaying
Why is this breaking news
In WI your get a ticket for drunk driving. Other jurisdictions need to follow this example.
Homeboy was playing Pokémon Go.
Lol must be the Bentley. If it was a regular folk no one would be taking pics to report this. Smh
Good!
I love the country where law us working. Not like Nigeria where I come from, the law is only work on the poor but the elite is free to do anything
I volunteer to drive for him for free.
Huge breaking news here
Really this is breaking news who gives a 💩, there’s a walrus trying two wars.
He couldn’t afford a car with BLUETOOTH
SO WHAT BIG DEAL, IM SURE HE WILL SURVIVE
And uber on strike lol
He will hire a driver so that’s really no punishment
He’s rich enough to have drivers it’s fine
How is this breaking news
Where was his hands-free? Bentley doesn't have one, or he couldn't afford to source one? No excuse really.
His response...... I don’t think he cares.
bustedlikeBeckham
he wasn't banned for that, he was banned for running out of points to drive, has speeding tickets as well
Noooooo!!!! 😪😪😪
LoL.
What lmao
Uber is your new best friend David....
ahhhhhh, bummer, now he has to take his limo.....
Good!
If there was ever a case of letting a celeb get off for an infraction, I'd say this one.
Kinda nice to see that laws apply to EVERYONE in SOME countries.
Look at good country. Someone was ban not to drive because of using mobile phone. In my country, some couple can also engage in romantic in the roads .
People ask me if I speak on my phone, text or chat while driving. Me: No I just view movies.
Kitfo
Lol that'll show him
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