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This man has been convicted of causing death by careless driving, where one of the factors was the amount of air fresheners and items hanging from his rear view mirror which obstructed his view.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2612986/Guilty-Driver-killed-university-lecturer-distracted-air-fresheners-soft-toys-hanging-rear-view-mirror.html
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Re: The dangers of air fresheners hung from rear view mirrors
« Reply #1 on: 25 April 2014, 17:15:39 »

Was it in the shape of a magic tree  :-X



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Re: The dangers of air fresheners hung from rear view mirrors
« Reply #2 on: 25 April 2014, 17:18:04 »

Too right. Along with the morons who stick their sat nav smack in the middle of the screen.
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Re: The dangers of air fresheners hung from rear view mirrors
« Reply #3 on: 25 April 2014, 17:22:29 »

Where is TB ;D ;D ;D
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Re: The dangers of air fresheners hung from rear view mirrors
« Reply #4 on: 25 April 2014, 19:29:06 »

careful now lads, if TB'S had a stressful day you could regret thos posts. ;D ;D
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Re: The dangers of air fresheners hung from rear view mirrors
« Reply #5 on: 25 April 2014, 19:33:04 »

i been told that hanging air fresheners and having sat navs mounted in middle of screens are MOT failures.
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Re: The dangers of air fresheners hung from rear view mirrors
« Reply #6 on: 25 April 2014, 19:35:03 »

yep sure are.
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Re: The dangers of air fresheners hung from rear view mirrors
« Reply #7 on: 25 April 2014, 21:08:11 »

careful now lads, if TB'S had a stressful day you could regret thos posts. ;D ;D



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Re: The dangers of air fresheners hung from rear view mirrors
« Reply #8 on: 25 April 2014, 22:39:28 »

honestly not only air fresheners but also other stupid things that hang from the mirror all make me mad.. >:(


I always throw them away even if car is not mine.. then find a suitable lie ;D
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Re: The dangers of air fresheners hung from rear view mirrors
« Reply #9 on: 26 April 2014, 08:27:24 »

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Re: The dangers of air fresheners hung from rear view mirrors
« Reply #10 on: 26 April 2014, 11:41:57 »

Its OK, I'm over it.

The MOT man did the right thing failing mine on an air freshener that I couldn't see due to the shape of the autodim mirror, and the way it hung.

And of course, I was OK when I got home and watched one of those chavtastic police programmes on telly, and noticed all the gonks they had hanging off the windscreen.  No to mention every idiot I follow every morning with so much electronic junk glued to the windscreen that their visibility is impaired so badly, they have to drive 20mph under the speed limit.

So, yup, I'm over it.

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Re: The dangers of air fresheners hung from rear view mirrors
« Reply #11 on: 26 April 2014, 11:48:05 »

Its OK, I'm over it.

The MOT man did the right thing failing mine on an air freshener that I couldn't see due to the shape of the autodim mirror, and the way it hung.
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Re: The dangers of air fresheners hung from rear view mirrors
« Reply #12 on: 26 April 2014, 19:45:20 »

Its OK, I'm over it.

The MOT man did the right thing failing mine on an air freshener that I couldn't see due to the shape of the autodim mirror, and the way it hung.

And of course, I was OK when I got home and watched one of those chavtastic police programmes on telly, and noticed all the gonks they had hanging off the windscreen.  No to mention every idiot I follow every morning with so much electronic junk glued to the windscreen that their visibility is impaired so badly, they have to drive 20mph under the speed limit.

So, yup, I'm over it.

NOT!

Do you need a tissue? ::)
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Re: The dangers of air fresheners hung from rear view mirrors
« Reply #13 on: 26 April 2014, 20:16:13 »

Its OK, I'm over it.

The MOT man did the right thing failing mine on an air freshener that I couldn't see due to the shape of the autodim mirror, and the way it hung.

And of course, I was OK when I got home and watched one of those chavtastic police programmes on telly, and noticed all the gonks they had hanging off the windscreen.  No to mention every idiot I follow every morning with so much electronic junk glued to the windscreen that their visibility is impaired so badly, they have to drive 20mph under the speed limit.

So, yup, I'm over it.

NOT!

Do you need a tissue? ::)
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