Speeding driver accused of killing man denies he was doing anything unsafe

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A motorist accused of causing death by dangerous driving after speeding through a junction denied he was doing anything unsafe.

Ben Trigger said that at the time he collided with 70-year-old Abdelkader Dhrif he believed he had been driving at the correct speed limit.

But evidence later revealed he was driving at about 60mph prior to the crash on the East Lancashire Road in Salford, where the limit is 40mph. "All I know is I believed I was doing the speed limit, I was with the flow of traffic," Mr Trigger, 30, told a jury at Manchester Crown Court. "I don’t believe I was doing anything that was dangerous or unsafe." Mr Trigger said he had travelled to Manchester city centre to get some trousers altered, before returning to his home in Wigan on November 20 last year. READ MORE : Man rushed to hospital after huge fight between 'two groups of customers' outside Wetherspoons pub He was driving his Ford Ranger 'pick up' along the road at about 3.30pm, and had been chatting with a work colleague using a hands free device.

Mr Trigger said they had a 'general work conversation', that there were no issues and that he was in no rush to get home. Jurors have heard that Mr Trigger accelerated from a speed of about 50mph to around 60mph prior to the junction where the collision occurred.