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Green1:
I to Have to agree with Hairy :o I see at least 10 drivers a day on the phone
I don't mind the plod being a little sneaky to catch bad driving.
Hiding speed traps on the other hand pisses me off.
Nurse Julie:
Agree 100% with Hairy and £2500 isn't enough of a fine. There is absolutely no excuse to be holding and using a phone in this day and age. Personally, I think looking at sat navs whilst driving is as bad if not worse.
Green1:
I pass a car almost every morning and it has so much stuff on the screen I think he must be relying on the satnav to see where he's going because there's not much screen left to look out off.
I'm sure he has an IPad on there. :o
Bryanj:
I agree about the phones, i wont answer unless its bluetoothed to my ear slug. The real point was forces spending £100,000 on a unit to catch not many people
hairygit:
--- Quote from: Bryanj on August 09, 2018, 01:28:16 AM ---I agree about the phones, i wont answer unless its bluetoothed to my ear slug. The real point was forces spending £100,000 on a unit to catch not many people
--- End quote ---
Problem is Bryan, a road death costs a whole lot more, last figures I saw published a few years ago, was £390,000 per fatality. That's totalling Emergency services, hospital treatments and staff, then the inquest, it all costs big time. So if they stop just one fatality, it has more than paid for itself. Remember a few months back the Polish truck driver that was texting and slammed into stationary traffic and wiped out an entire family? He was caught by his company's cab camera's, and he has gone to prison for a long time. A few months back they were patrolling the A30 and A38 here in Devon, they filmed a Lithuanian trucker cooking Spag bol on a primus stove while doing 56mph, a Tesco truck driver using cruise control steering with his feet while texting, AND watching a movie on an I pad on the dashboard, so do you still think £100k is expensive??
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