Mum who filmed Facebook vid of toddler son dancing in passenger seat as she drove is banned from the road
A MUM who filmed her son dancing in the passenger seat as she drove for a Facebook video has today been banned from the road. Kerry White posted the footage on her social media just before Christmas two years ago and she was shopped to the cops. The 35-year-old turned around to capture her toddler […]
A MUM who filmed her son dancing in the passenger seat as she drove for a Facebook video has today been banned from the road.
Kerry White posted the footage on her social media just before Christmas two years ago and she was shopped to the cops.
The 35-year-old turned around to capture her toddler as he moved about to music, yelling “show us your moves”.
She was playing a version of Brothers And Sisters Together We’ll Make It Through as she filmed the lad on her phone.
White refused to answer questions about what happened and denied dangerous driving but then changed her plea to guilty at York Crown Court before a jury was sworn in.
She was given a 12-month ban and sentenced to six months imprisonment, suspended for 12 months.
The mum was also ordered to complete 20 days unpaid work and pay a £115 surcharge.
York Crown Court heard White, from Scarborough, North Yorks, filmed the lad while driving through the town nine days before Christmas 2017.
People on Facebook also complained the small child was not in a child seat or with a booster cushion.
Road Policing Officer Mark Patterson, from North Yorkshire Police, said after the hearing: “As the footage clearly shows, Miss White’s driving that day was highly irresponsible and incredibly dangerous and it’s only through sheer luck she wasn’t involved in a serious collision.
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“Her blatant disregard for the safety of the child and traffic laws could have ended tragically and the consequences of her actions had she of lost control of her vehicle doesn’t bear thinking about.
“I’d like to thank the member of the public who reported this incident to us and I hope this message sends a clear message that this type of reckless behaviour will not be tolerated on our roads.”
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