October 3, 2008

Watching Battlestar Galactica Gets Man Arrested

Well, he was driving at the same time. Via BBC News...

A lorry driver who was caught watching a cult television show at the wheel of his cab on the M6 in Cumbria has been given 225 hours community work.

Benjamin Trotsman veered across the road while watching 1970s sci-fi show Battlestar Galactica on a laptop computer, Penrith magistrates heard.

Police stopped him after he was spotted driving erratically for 25 miles.