Daily mail anti texting while driving campaign

[Inertia]

The Daily Mail actually doing a useful campaign for once

https://www.pressreader.com/uk/daily-mail/20160915

They seem to be 'successful' in a lot of their campaigns, maybe they have gotten wind of something happening.

 

[Spinney]

They'll have to go a long way to make up for all the immigrant bashing, xenophobia and Lucy Meadows.

 

[mjr]

The Mirror campaign will succeed but the Fail will claim it.

 

[Deleted member 35268]

We all see it all the time. It seems to make me more angry when I see it and i'm on my bike. I think to myself, do you actually give a sh*t about peoples lives, about my life. I'm not the sort that lets it go and I will bang on windows and make phone gestures at anyone I see texting or calling whilst driving. I have had so many near missed by ****holes on their phones. I had someone pull out in front of me last year on the phone, I chased him down and banged on the window - would he stop his conversation - no. I put me and my bike in front of his car and said, put the phone down or stay there all day. He did eventually. I reported it. Nothing happened.

 

[Bazzer]

Campaign probably linked to the wider publicity which seems to be being given to the subject.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-37370828

 

[Dogtrousers]

In a recent job I used to get a coach from my place of work to the railway station, through heavy traffic. From the coach window I could look down inside people's cars and it was horrific to see the number of people with mobiles on their laps.

 

[ianrauk]

In a recent job I used to get a coach from my place of work to the railway station, through heavy traffic. From the coach window I could look down inside people's cars and it was horrific to see the number of people with mobiles on their laps.

I see the same every single day from my bike seat commuting through SE London. It's epidemic.

 

[coffeejo]

I thought it was a Mirror campaign?

 

[HertzvanRental]

1 month purge, £1000.00 fine and 12 points.

 

[raleighnut]

They'll have to go a long way to make up for all the immigrant bashing, xenophobia and Lucy Meadows.

It's a start though.

 

[Inertia]

They'll have to go a long way to make up for all the immigrant bashing, xenophobia and Lucy Meadows.

Absolutely, I hope its a sign of some change in attitudes though

Transport Secretary Chris Grayling told the Commons he would shortly be announcing "tough plans" to tackle the use of mobiles by drivers.

"This requires, in my view, strong action. This is happening far too often," he said.

Darrel Martins brother Lee was killed by a driver who had been stopped 8 prior times using his phone

"The issue for me is that he shouldn't have been on the road in the first place. There were eight opportunities before this to stop the man from driving around.

"People seem to think it's a right to drive a car. Surely it's a privilege."

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-37370828

 

[Drago]

Lets hope Mr Grayling replaces the 19,000 police officers lost over the last 5 years. Without someone to catch the villains it doesn't really matter at all what the law says on the subject.

 

[Inertia]

Lets hope Mr Grayling replaces the 19,000 police officers lost over the last 5 years. Without someone to catch the villains it doesn't really matter at all what the law says on the subject.

We need both, it doesnt matter how many the police catch if they are let off lightly at the other end.

 

[summerdays]

Lets hope Mr Grayling replaces the 19,000 police officers lost over the last 5 years. Without someone to catch the villains it doesn't really matter at all what the law says on the subject.

It would be good if the police could use the cash from the fines to employ more traffic cops. And if the penalty from using your phone was sufficient to make people think twice before picking it up. Currently it seems socially acceptable, and the chances of getting caught so low!

 

[Spinney]

Crush the phone. That'll concentrate their minds.
Plus a driving ban. Even a month would do to concentrate their minds, and none of this bleating about needing it for their job.