UK drivers caught texting could get 2 years behind bars

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Hawkman @ Sep 8th 2007 6:55PM

"but british government is of the inclination that, prevention is better than cure."

You're kidding, right? Our police are concerned primarily with power, secondarily by money, and also with government targets. By making such things as this into a more serious offence, they make their figures look better - they're catching more "criminals". Obviously, it satisfies the power lust. I just hope they don't get a cut of any income - like they do with our speed cameras. (Remember how they proliferated after the police started getting a cut of the revenue?)

Texting while driving is a stupid and dangerous thing to do. It does not, however, deserve this kind of punishment. If an accident is caused, bring a charge of dangerous driving. If a death is caused, bring a manslaughter charge. The mobile phone use in itself is not such a serious crime that it requires a prison sentence.

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