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EXCUSES, EXCUSES: What motorists busted on their mobile phones say
  • from The Herald Sun: Tougher penalties coming as phone-using drivers dial $44m fines

    (to police..)

    • Woman on the Monash Freeway in peak hour said she had an urgent email to reply to.

    • Driver on the Mornington Peninsula said she was on the phone to a friend whose house burnt down the previous night.

    • "I've got a sick relative I need to speak to.''

    • "I'm not talking. I'm reading a message."

    • "I'm working and had to pick it up otherwise I miss the job."

    • "I'm just letting my family know I'm on my way home."

    • "Just listening to my voicemail."

    • "I was running late and had to get someone to pick up the kids."

    Also, from the French comedy series. "Les inconnus":

    Mais ce n'est pas un téléphone, c'est une calculatrice!