caveman_uk said:
Whilst that is true, don't you think that with finite police resources and time that perhaps there are other crimes that should have taken priority?
I don't think it's as clear cut as that. Traffic Police aren't the ones who solve other crimes they're a specialised unit, and at a time when Traffic Police numbers are being substantially reduced in favour of the often pointless Speed Camera, I applaud when the Police actually pick up on dangerous drivers. They're there to maintain a safe road environment, and as such were doing there jobs.
How would we all feel if half a mile up the road as she was taking a bite she wiped out 3 kids on bikes?? I know that sounds extreme but consider the circumstances;
She's driving one handed.
Her other hand is holding an apple.
It's safe to assume she's holding the apple with the intention of eating it, why?? because if she had no intent it wouldn't be in her hand, and she had left her left hand empty so she could change gear.
She's driving a Ford Ka.
Which doesn't come in an automatic.
Meaning that she'd have to take her left hand off the steering wheel to change gear, remember her right hand is holding the apple.
You can't hold an apple and be in control of a steering wheel with the same hand.
Somewhere in that process she won't be in control of the steering at all.
I have no sympathy for her at all, and I certainly don't blame the Police. One presumes she had passed her driving test, and was fully aware of the Highway Code.
She broke the law and should be duly punished, I don't think she has been though. She should have been made to pay all costs so that money could've been spent on more important things.
