Reporting mobile use while driving

[Black Country Ste]

This is the one I reported a couple of months ago. With a backlog of videos to sift through for anything worthy of upload and the stress of my recent assault this got shoved to one side.

 

[Recycle]

The latest furore of @EmmaWay20 tweeting cycle hatred has been followed up by another ill judged tweet.
"I think it should legal to run over cyclists #idiots #getofftheroad" by another twitter user. I won't comment on the nievety
of the post so much as the fact that if you look at the #getofftheroad posts it becomes apparent that many of the posters are sending them whilst driving, sometimes with photo links. That is a lot more worrying than the bile that they post.

 

[mr_cellophane]

I'll have to start using Twatter, it sounds a hoot.

 

[Monkreadusuk]

My one from today, going to try and get this reported, but not sure if my local force will be very interested. Will keep this updated if/when I get an answer.


View: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EFO_n2YYu9g&feature=youtu.be

 

[Roadhump]

I was recently in Italy and saw a few motor cyclists texting as they rode along...gobsmacked!!!

 

[BigglesVII]

Hi Guys, Not sure if you noticed but the fine for driving whilst using a mobile phone is now upto £100 and 3 Points.

Also with regard to your helmet cams do you have the ability to have the date and time stamp as it's recording as It makes it alot easier for the police to get a conviction. With youtube video's, you also shouldn't edit them in anyway if you plan to pass them onto the met's Roadsafe as it makes it very difficult to get the conviction if the video has been edited in any way this also includes adding text to the video clip.

 

[gaz]

Hi Guys, Not sure if you noticed but the fine for driving whilst using a mobile phone is now upto £100 and 3 Points.

Also with regard to your helmet cams do you have the ability to have the date and time stamp as it's recording as It makes it alot easier for the police to get a conviction. With youtube video's, you also shouldn't edit them in anyway if you plan to pass them onto the met's Roadsafe as it makes it very difficult to get the conviction if the video has been edited in any way this also includes adding text to the video clip.

All a load of rubbish.

Time and date stamp adds very little to the video, a good police officer and a good prosecutor can easily build a case without it. What does it add? The time of when something happened, that is no different to saying when it happened or using another source for the time and date.

Editing videos in what sense? making replays and adding text is fine. Adding explosions and lasers is obviously taking things a bit too far. Reporting them to roadsafe with replays and text is no problem for a conviction. Why? Because if the police are going for a conviction then you will have to supply the video on a DVD, where you just put the content as it is. Roadsafe do not take videos from youtube for a conviction.

Source: Several years of working with roadsafe, including getting several prosecutions with videos originally uploaded to youtube with plenty of basic edits.

 

[BentMikey]

Edits that do not change the facts, mind. Neither of us are into making stuff up or exaggerating driver actions. We simply don't need to.

Like you, when submitting statements the police get the source footage, usually as well as a copy of the edit.

 

[Davidsw8]

Haven't had one of these in a few months then I get 3 incidents in 1 day!

1st one is your standard Addison Lee driver who can't be bothered to wait with the rest of us at a junction and decides to totally cut up the oncoming cyclist:


View: http://youtu.be/FMjnF_LhZhc


2nd one is a scooter entering the ASZ on a red:


View: http://youtu.be/BMKWrvHyJvw


3rd one is a little harder to see but this woman starts texting in heavy traffic and doesn't notice the traffic moving forward. Interesting to see the police motorbike overtake and seemingly notice what she's doing - I hope he pulled her over later on (but I doubt it...)


View: http://youtu.be/dVp7g2qKuj0

 

[glenn forger]

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View: http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=796_1377296784

 

[Davidsw8]

If anyone was ever in any doubt as to how dangerous this is:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-humber-23876320

This selfish idiot killed 2 people cos he couldn't wait until the next services to read his stupid text messages. I'm pretty disgusted that he only got 5 years for this, he'll probably be out in less than 3 years but these 2 people have families that will never see their loved ones again.

 

[glasgowcyclist]

Has there been any update on the Frank Wrathall case? The trial was ongoing in July so ought to be concluded, or thereabouts, by now.

GC

 

[Davidsw8]

They need to throw the book at these people, it's not like they don't know it's illegal.

 

[glenn forger]

Frank Wrathall has been on Twitter since he killed the cyclist, boasting about his holidays.

Wrathall was arrested and told police Mr Fingleton had run into the side of him.
Mr McEntee said: 'It was clearly a shock to the defendant when he saw CCTV showing Mr Fingleton entering onto the roundabout first.'

He's a piece of work, Mr Wrathall. Killed a man, then lied to blame him for his own death.

 

[Twelve Spokes]

The latest furore of @EmmaWay20 tweeting cycle hatred has been followed up by another ill judged tweet.
"I think it should legal to run over cyclists #idiots #getofftheroad" by another twitter user. I won't comment on the nievety
of the post so much as the fact that if you look at the #getofftheroad posts it becomes apparent that many of the posters are sending them whilst driving, sometimes with photo links. That is a lot more worrying than the bile that they post.

Just ignore the halfwits.

Frank Wrathall has been on Twitter since he killed the cyclist, boasting about his holidays.



He's a piece of work, Mr Wrathall. Killed a man, then lied to blame him for his own death.

Seems like usual behavior these days where people at fault blame someone else.

http://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/41...rathall-killed-cyclist-as-he-chatted-on-phone

I see,yet another bonehead halfwit.I better get off of this thread im getting more and more p1553d off.