After This Conviction

[TWR]

Polish driver gets 10 years for the death of 3 children on the Newbury Bypass, this driver was using his Mobile to upload Music, does this not tell the stupid Gov that an Instant ban of 1 year, a £1000 fine, when will they listen.

[ummmm]

No phone call is that important. No playlist is that important.

[Tilly2]

I'll go back to what did we do before mobiles? Very rarely do such emergencies happen that we have to respond immediately.

[naomi24]

I've only skimmed through this thread so might have missed something, but as the OP says the man was messing about with music - he wasn't making a phone call. That said, my phone is 'plumbed' into my car so answering a call is a matter of pressing a button on the steering wheel, but for cars without that technology, hands free equipment is available so why on earth don't people sort it out?!!

Someone mentioned 'Community Speedwatch' in villages. That scheme is in operation in most of the villages in my area, but a friend received a worrying letter from the police telling her she'd been caught speeding in a particular area - she'd been nowhere near that village on that day. The 'Speedwatchers' had made a mistake when noting down the number.

[zebo]

One thing that comes out of the Speedwatch is how many numbers are intraceable, particularly on a certain colour of vans. I don't know if the police do follow up alleged cloned plates but there seem to be a lot around.