Big brother is watching you

[4GS]

Drivers who use a mobile phone while driving annoy the bejesus out of me, but is this criminalizing the car driver a wee bit too much? are they yet again, going after the easy target? Should this kind of technology be used to catch muggers, rapists etc?

[jno]

much as I dislike smoking, I don't think it interferes with driving. I doubt that eating does either, though I recall a woman was prosecuted for losing control as she went round a corner while eating an apple. Mobiles, yes, definitely: they do distract people from driving, and that's dangerous.

I'm not sure exactly where you'd site a camera like this to catch rapists, though.

[4GS]

Ok, I used rapists as an example of other types of criminals.

[jno]

as I understand it we already have more CCTVs on our street than any other country in the Milky Way. I've often wondered how many crimes they actually detect, though

[brionon]

The Law ain't a game,mate. Targets aren't easy or hard . People are Guilty or not.

[vehelpfulguy]

About 10 people a DAY are killed on Britains roads.

Driving a car weighing a ton or more is a serious business, but some people seem to think it needs no concentration.

ANYTHING which catches people not concentrating on driving must be a good thing.

After all, it may be your wife or husband or son or daughter who finishes up getting killed by some moron on their phone.

[flipnflap]

There are no longer any excuses for holding a mobile phone while driving. Hands-free kits and bluetooth devices are literally life-savers, although there can still be problems while dialling. I saw our refuse collector lorry driver using his mobile while struggling to control the huge vehicle the other day and I wished I'd taken a photo and sent it to the press.

[avoss]

jail all mobile users and to make room in prisons, we could release real criminals,ie terrorists etc? oh,we already do that. im sure bin laden is working in our `government`. as usual, i blame our `government`

[avoss]

ps, i got a �60 fine a 4 4 points for using my phone. because "i had stopped in the wrong place". shouldve answered it while driving. appealed and won anyway though.