[jambutty]

60 Quid And 3 Points For All???

As accymel has pointed out today is the day when the new Road Safety Act 2006 comes into force in the UK.

Read the act details here - http://www.avrmobiles.co.uk/road_safety_law.html

Long overdue if you ask me!

However this beggars the question will local authorities now recruit MP Spies like the Smoking Spies? If not, why not?

Oh! I forgot – smokers are an easy target!

Will this new law also apply to the police? I ask because during last night’s “Car Wars” on BBC1 at 9 o’clock it clearly showed one copper driving an unmarked police car on his own whilst talking onto a device that he held in his right hand. Not only that but there were times when he didn’t have his seat belt on and often took both hands off the wheel whilst belting along the road.

One final question or few! If you saw a copper doing the driving and using a hand held device to talk to control, would you flash him to stop and point out the error of his ways and maybe even perform a citizen’s arrest? What if the cop refused to stop, would you report him? Would you get anywhere with your allegation? Would you then become a target as an act of revenge?