If I filmed a person driving a car whilst on the phone could
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jjr1 said:
If I filmed a person driving a car whilst on the phone could they be prosecuted?
If you live in a big city, NO. If you live in a small village where the police have next to nothing to do, possiblyThe police service is so under-funded and short of officers that unless there has been major injury or death, they will not investigate. Even if you provide "evidence" they just dont have the manpower to deal with "trivial" issues like this.
surveyor said:
Why not film everyone Speeding as well. You could also include those who drive too close to other cars, those who park on double yellows, and those with a light out.
Or you could get a life. It's not as if it's drunk driving etc.
So you are saying it is OK to film and report drunk drivers but not drivers using a phone, is there a cut off somewhere in between.Or you could get a life. It's not as if it's drunk driving etc.
surveyor said:
Why not film everyone Speeding as well. You could also include those who drive too close to other cars, those who park on double yellows, and those with a light out.
Or you could get a life. It's not as if it's drunk driving etc.
Great line of thinking Or you could get a life. It's not as if it's drunk driving etc.
I am guessing the OP may want to improve the safety of the roads he and his family frequent. In that if he is able to contribute something to police, intervene or stop a driver using the phone whilst driving then it would be a positive thing, for everyone.
Or yes he could get a life I suppose, to then lose it soon after by being hit by the same mobile phone using driver he could have reported to the police on a previous occasion.
But yeah, its not as if he was drunk, because they are the only ones causing accidents right?
I have to laugh at all the replies with people getting their knickers in a twist.....
Did I say anywhere that I was going to film people on their phones whilst driving?
It was more a hypothetical question as it occurred to me that if you filmed someone speeding and provided that as evidence to the Police they would laugh at you. No calibration, no obvious sign of proof etc etc.
If on the other hand you filmed someone on the phone surely it would be an open and shut case? Film of them holding phone, whilst driving or in traffic.
Did I say anywhere that I was going to film people on their phones whilst driving?
It was more a hypothetical question as it occurred to me that if you filmed someone speeding and provided that as evidence to the Police they would laugh at you. No calibration, no obvious sign of proof etc etc.
If on the other hand you filmed someone on the phone surely it would be an open and shut case? Film of them holding phone, whilst driving or in traffic.
evoivboy said:
i should think he/she means dash cam!
or filming by a passenger ...I susepct that plod probably couldn;t dfo anythign from that but - i do know some forces used to build intelligence files based on reports fro mthe public of driver t
ttishness that could be used to inform later action ...
jjr1 said:
I have to laugh at all the replies with people getting their knickers in a twist.....
Did I say anywhere that I was going to film people on their phones whilst driving?.....
[Pedant] As you haven't specified who is doing the driving in that statement, technically yes you did:Did I say anywhere that I was going to film people on their phones whilst driving?.....
jjr1 said:
If I filmed a person driving a car whilst on the phone could they be prosecuted?
Had you said: "Did I say anywhere that I was going to film people on their phones whilst I was driving?", then that would be a different matter! 
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Some arseole did this to me today. I was on a link road joining 2 motorways and was Meriley tootling along when it merges with another link road, these are 2 lanes each making 4 lanes in total. However my one was down to a single lane as the inside one was coned off for roadworks, cue some tt in an enterprise van come barelling down the outside and expect to get in at the very last, I would imagine most people keep left and he has an empty lane to get in, not today though.
He ended up at the side of me where the solid sheverons start as the lanes split again, the funny thing was there was absolutely nothing behind me. Obviously it was all my fault as he then pulled at the side of me and spent the next few minutes gesticulating wildly, he also had sunglasses on when it was dull and overcast
He then drove at 65 in the outside lane with me behind him on a relatively clear motorway, I reckon he wanted me to get up his arse so he could brake test me.
Anyway when he eventually pulled off (into a rough area) I went past and he had his phone in his hand sideways pointing out of the drivers window, obviously filming me, for what I don't know.
The moral is, if you film someone driving then be prepared to look a monumental bell end.
t in an enterprise van come barelling down the outside and expect to get in at the very last, I would imagine most people keep left and he has an empty lane to get in, not today though. He ended up at the side of me where the solid sheverons start as the lanes split again, the funny thing was there was absolutely nothing behind me. Obviously it was all my fault as he then pulled at the side of me and spent the next few minutes gesticulating wildly, he also had sunglasses on when it was dull and overcast
He then drove at 65 in the outside lane with me behind him on a relatively clear motorway, I reckon he wanted me to get up his arse so he could brake test me.
Anyway when he eventually pulled off (into a rough area) I went past and he had his phone in his hand sideways pointing out of the drivers window, obviously filming me, for what I don't know.
The moral is, if you film someone driving then be prepared to look a monumental bell end.
NH1 said:
The moral is, if you film someone driving then be prepared to look a monumental bell end.
Not always, some tard in a van was bullying away so I turned around and took a photo, they backed off big time and gave us space. I was not driving, and had my camera with me, not a phone. Amazing how they remembered their stopping distance.Gassing Station | Speed, Plod & the Law | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff