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Does anyone know, are people being convicted for this ? This morning cycling to work I was nearly hit by a car. Young woman, baby in the back, mobile phone glued to her ear, pulled out of a side turning, steering erratically with one hand, nearly in to me. I am still shaking ! Obviously it's hard to catch them, but if they are caught are they fined ? (Any point taking the number and reporting it?)
Also, if you are involved in an accident and there is a mobile in the car, will the police always check the call register against the incident time, and if it matches, to what degree does it affect the charge, e.g. is careless driving increased to dangerous driving ?
I count drivers using handhelds, something to do. This morning 6, on a half-hour ride.
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.I had to take my motorcycle for its service the other day at 8.30 am. School run time - bad move. The roads were full of women in landrovers dropping off kids at roundabouts etc - one woman was steering with her elbows while putting on makeup using the driving mirrors while holding a phone to her ear with her shoulder. She had two kids in the back that weren't strapped in. She wasn't the only one.
Trouble is JudgeJ unless the police see these people driving this way, and can be bothered to stop them/report them, then nothing will change.
Yesterday I saw someone making a right turn into a main road. She had a phone to her ear and was steering one handed. She nearly knocked a chap off his pushbike because she was only looked in one direction before pulling out.
As I see it the 3 offences of driving without consideration for other road users, due care & attention and dangerous/reckless driving should have been all the plod needed to prosecute a mobile user.
However, because these laws weren't formulated for this offence the plod (or CPS) would often get the evidence wrong. So, to make it easier, the specific offence (easily provable by the call register or itemised billing) was introduced but now (as has been said) it's simply not enforced enough.
You'd appear to be right about the number of cases being low. It took some finding but I finally found it here: http://www.parliament.the-stationery-office.co.uk/pa/ld199900/ldhansrd/pdvn/lds05/text/50711w02.htm
Latest data is 2005 and in England and Wales there were 1,888 �30 tickets issued which is an average of 5 a day over England and Wales
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