Posted By Alexander Falconer I know its not a friday, but I thought I would highlight a story in todays scottish sun (page 27) A health & safety expert was banned from driving yesterday at Perth Sheriff court - after being caught shaving at over 60mph. A 39 year old male, was spotted by cops, leaning over to check his stubble in the rear view mirror. The driver was driving on the main A9 trunk road (Edinburgh to John O' Groats) and is well reported as an accident blackspot . Wonder if he did a risk assessment in the first place (saying this tongue in cheek, and trying hard not to laugh) Alex

Posted By ITK Its ok he had a "shave system of work"....

Posted By Michael Hayward Good to see he had a (shaving) brush with the law

Posted By J Knight Is he a member I wonder? And if so, he would presumably be an ex-member? Bringing the profession into disrepute and all that, John

Posted By Alexander Falconer I wondered that too, obviously the AUG's prevent me from naming him. In addition, the article states he has also lost his job.

Posted By J Knight Good question Ian, and you're right; suggesting what I have makes me feel uneasy & a bit like a lynch mob, but if its as bad as the meeja makes out I can't see any other option really. Obviously one can't prejudge, but it really doesn't look good, John

Posted By Glyn Atkinson That's a fast shaver (60 mph), how fast was the car doing ??

Posted By Clarke Kent the 2nd Cant see the problem myself as long as he kept looking up now and then, and kept both knees on the wheel.

Posted By William I thought i would put the link to the story on the BBC website so everyone could view this, as it is pretty funny. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/..._and_central/6335491.stm Whats even funnier is that he has worked with the police on accident investigations, but it appears that he is someone with great attention to detail, as the police stopped him he was checking to see if he was getting a good shave.

Posted By Jim Walker OK, so it was a bit silly and he is going to pay big time. However, can all of you casting stones honestly say you have never breached the highway code?

Posted By Descarte I was under the impression that smoking and driving was not against the law, however I know I would rather drop a mobile phone in my crotch than a lit fag whilst driving. I can remember when I was younger my older sister (driving me about) used to be able to get her tabacco out, a rizzler, and roll a cigarette whilst steering with her knees and driving!

Posted By Alexander Falconer hear, hear!

Posted By Jim Walker Thank goodness we have Saint Crim & Saint Alex amongst our numbers. I try my best to be good, but cannot admit hand on heart to being so virtuous in my life that had I been caught, you could not stone me too.

Posted By Fornhelper I do feel some of the comments trivalise the nature of what occurred here. I watched a programme recently where a lorry driver ran into the back of a car killing a young girl - the driver was apparently texting a message at the time....result: one young person wiped out and lives ruined for the families of both the victims and the lorry driver (lengthy custodial sentence). Whilst I appreciate we are by no means perfect ourselves I do believe that people using mobiles, shaving or other activities that lead to 'lengthy' distractions whilst driving are just as dangerous as those who drink and drive and should be subject to, as a minimum, a years driving ban. I'm sure those affected by similar incidents wouldn't find this incident remotely funny whether it involved a safety adviser or not. No offence intended, but I feel some of the comments posted appear to accept this as a 'silly' incident but don't appreciate the serious consequences this type of action can have for other road users. Would the comments have been quite so 'light hearted' had this individual wiped out a mother and 3 kids in a head on crash due to his actions?? I think not. This is no 'bonkers conkers' incident and as H & S professionals we should not be seen to trivalise these matters and I am disappointed in how many of the threads within this discussion appear to do so. FH

Posted By Neal Clark Hi all, Many thanks for all you comments on this subject so far. For your information, all IOSH members must comply with our Code of Conduct. Allegations of misconduct will be investigated by the IOSH Professional Committee and may result in disciplinary procedures. For full details of our Code of Conduct and disciplinary procedures, please visit www.iosh.co.uk/codeofconduct Since this matter is currently under investigation by IOSH we must now draw any further speculation to a close. Please be advised that any further postings on this subject will be removed by the moderating team. Many thanks, Neal Clark, Web Co-ordinator.