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Distracted driver with 14 tickets isn’t getting message

VANCOUVER — Vancouver police would like to get one distracted driver off the road. The woman has racked up 14 tickets for using a cellphone while driving and Sgt. Randy Fincham said police would like her driving record reviewed.
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An exasperated Richmond RCMP tweet included this printout of tickets issued against a Metro Vancouver driver.

VANCOUVER — Vancouver police would like to get one distracted driver off the road.

The woman has racked up 14 tickets for using a cellphone while driving and Sgt. Randy Fincham said police would like her driving record reviewed.

“This woman is not getting the message,” Fincham said.

“She has been educated 14 separate times and she chooses to ignore everybody else’s safety.”

Richmond RCMP tweeted this month that the driver had nearly collided with one of their officers while driving distracted and been ticketed for the 12th time.

She got a 13th shortly thereafter, and a few days later, a Vancouver police officer who ticketed a woman for texting and driving recognized that it was the same person.

The officer wrote to the superintendent of motor vehicles asking that her driving history be reviewed for possible suspension, Fincham said.

The fine for distracted driving in B.C. is $167 plus three penalty points.