Sussex Man wrote:
Please keep us up to date on this, because although he was a pratt, how many of us are in position to cast the first stone?
Well it's a question of degree I suppose, none of us are saints, but doing a text message with a punter in the car is taking it a bit far methinks.
It's the Govts fault ultimately, they ignored the problem and (for example) it was reported a year or two ago that they thought mobile phones weren't a problem because the user could drop the phone in the event of something happening(!). (Presumably didn't read their own Highway Code!!).
Then came the TRL report(?) which said that using a mobile phone made the driver as dangerous as having drunk x pints of lager(?).
So they changed their mind and now it's to become illegal. But will the police enforece it - probably not, because it's now so ingrained that lots will throw a tantrum if given a ticket, so police will probably ignore it most of the time.
If the Govt had acted when mobiles were the provence of yuppies and drug dealers then they might have nipped it in the bud, but ten years later I don't think so!!!
Dusty