Phone W*******

I drive lots on motorways, I don't see lots of it these days and it is enforced when offenders are caught - but the offender has to be seen in the act of course.

Dashcam footage is acceptable if its a clear enough view of the offender and the vehicle he is in. Not from shooting on your own phone of course.

I have camera's front and back in my car and same on my bike. I do see lots of stupid things done on two and four wheels (and 8+ too) which is why I have the cameras.

Its not just phones. Last night on two separate occasions I saw two, two wheeled suicide jockeys on the M1 evening rush hour undertaking, swapping lanes, speeding, generally being twats ... no doubt they won't get caught either.

8 years is not enough for killing others, but that's the dickhead magistrate at fault.

 

I think it's the law that limits the penalty - for me it's manslaughter at least and should carry the same sentence.

 

And the ones I see most are in high end cars that MUST have hands free…….

 

This is my absolute pet hate. In 2009 I was rear ended by a driver using his phone while I was sitting in stationary traffic (car in-front of me was waiting to turn right). In hospital being told you may never walk again is something I will never forget nor is learning to walk again for the second time in my life!
All because some twat needed to make a phone call 2 minutes after leaving his house. I think it should be a ban the first time you are caught with a phone behind the wheel, it’s as bad as drink driving in my book.

 

It's about time the boffin's installed a motion detector when on the move at say 5mph which cuts out the signal.

 

Magistrates courts are limited on what sentences they can hand out. IMO, hearing a death by dangerous driving case should be in a Crown court as a minimum. I have felt for a very long time, the ability to vary the severity of sentences should be taken away from the lower courts and replaced by a mandatory penalty. The number of drivers still driving on UK roads having been found guilty of driving offences multiple times, is IMO, criminal. Andy

 

It’s rare that I even see a police car tbh. So the chances of anyone being caught for anything is unlikely.

i wouldn’t call the police a visual deterrent even, as mentioned above, you never see them!
they don’t seem to be able to do anything about anything either so essentially useless.

 

See it a lot, and f*cking hate it! Unfortunately, this along with many other offences carries way too light a penalty.

 

I walk to work. I see mums on phone with kids in car speeding along every day, day in, day out. I had one rear end me in my old Saab 93. It wrote her polo off. I was left needing a respray on my bumper.

Its endemic. Theres a woman who I pass walking home, she is on her phone walking not looking. Plus she walks like shes wearing chinese balls. If she lived in inner city, shed get mugged. Shes oblivious. People are obsessed with their phones. I just use mine as a music player that can make phone calls. What the fuck have people got on their phones that make them glare at it with such intent? Its like a light bulb to moths ffs.

 

When I use the train fro work it amazes me how many people just stare at FB / Insta / TikTok like fvcking zombies.

Or catching up on last nights cvnt fest Love Island.

The TV shoving vacuous crap down our throats......

We're turning into a species of morons

 

I almost beheaded some dopey bint with my petrol hedgecutter the other morning ....She literally never took her fat face out of her phone as she walked toward me, then around into the road, then back on the pavement.
Bring the great cull says I....

 

It's sinister to see this behavior in kids walking to from school, no wonder they all grow up into card carrying c*nts.

 

Just watched the program on iplayer about this incident with the truck driver killing the 3 poor people. It’s shocking seeing the carnage that was caused by that imbecile at the wheel of the truck.
This sort of thing should be screened as a public information film in my opinion ,to try and get the message across of the potential incident that can occur should you be looking and playing on your phone. It’s a sickening outcome.
I have no patience and don’t apologise to anyone for losing the rag if I see someone on a phone when I’m driving or out on the bike. These people are just scum.

 

I admire their skills. Particularly young birds that text on the fly. If I tried that I’d be upside down in a field, quick sharp!

 

Ive not long got in from a wee drive to deliver some 2nd hand stuff to someone.

Bloke in a pickup with a trailer carrying a mini digger just pulled out on me from the left to come past me, forcing me to brake. Guess what? He was looking at his phone as he swung past.

Effing unbelievable. I wanted to do a U turn and go back to him and show him the BBC article that started this thread.

But you only get a load of abuse.

I was on the bike once and saw a van go into the middle of the road twice and then hit the NS kerb 3 times. I didn't want to be behind him so I went round, then I noticed he had a lit-up phone on his lap. I stopped at a set of lights to tell him how dangerous it was and that I'd seen his car swerve etc. The abuse I got! For a rather portly man in his late fifties (I'd say), it was rather amusing when he offered to beat the fvck out of me, what with him being an 'ex Para' (Trooper/Plegic/Normal, take your pick!) I nearly agreed to it for the entertainment. I'd have made him chase me til he was exhausted (about 25 seconds I reckon), then see him try to land one on me

 

Was it Ronnie Pickering...?

 

Nothing in the known universe travels faster then the fingers on a pissed off bird texting...

 

I see drivers using their phones whilst driving pretty much every day. When walking, out in the front garden as they speed past also ignoring the 30mph speed limit at will and frequently when driving my car or on my bike. It is, as I see it anyway, pretty much endemic and something that lots of inconsiderate people think doesn't apply to them in any way whatsoever.
As others have said, it isn't difficult to get into an altercation with most of these absolute half-wits, which is not doing half-wits any favours, as they don't seem to see or understand the relevance.

This ignorant behaviour really does make my blood boil, which does need to be addressed. That said, with Policing out on the roads severely limited, almost non-existent, I can't see enforcement happening anytime soon.....