L-Plater with baby in her lap Lolelai Lakopo is caught driving again after being banned
>
L-Plater Caught In Extraordinary Photo Using Her Phone With Baby On Her Lap And Not Wearing A Seatbelt Is Caught Behind The Wheel Again Despite Being Banned From Driving
- Young mother found driving even though she was banned for 12 months
- They found her driving with a baby on her lap and on her phone
- Caught on camera in November with a mobile phone camera
An L-Plate driver caught with a baby on her lap while using her phone continues to drive despite being prohibited from getting behind the wheel.
The young mother, Lolelai Lakopo, 28, was caught driving recklessly and unaccompanied on a NSW Transport phone detection camera in Bankstown, western Sydney, on November 1.
She was charged with dangerous driving, using a mobile phone, driving with an unrestrained child, not being accompanied while driving, and failing to wear a seat belt.
A young mother, 28-year-old Lolelai Lakopo (pictured), was found driving after being banned for 12 months for driving while talking on her phone with a baby on her lap in Bankstown last November.
He pleaded guilty to four counts and was banned from driving for 12 months and ordered to pay a $100 fine.
However, she was caught driving just days after her court appearance with her children in the car.
Confronted by a camera crew from A Current Affair as she was getting out of her car, Ms. Lakopo ran inside her home, leaving her children in the car.
They then caught Ms. Lakopo calling an Uber shortly after.
Mobile phone cameras were first trialled in NSW in 2019, found 100,000 drivers using their phones while driving, and fully rolled out by March 2020.
The introduction of phone cameras is part of NSW Transport’s plan to reduce road fatalities and serious injuries to zero by 2056.
A mobile phone camera captured Ms. Lakopo while she was driving recklessly
Between 2017 and 2021, 109 people were killed and 163 injured in car accidents where a driver was using a mobile phone.
Meanwhile, more than 30 drivers and passengers are killed and 90 others seriously injured each year in crashes where motorists are not wearing available seat belts.
“Many of these deaths and injuries could have been prevented if seat belts had been worn,” reads the NSW Transport website.