Brian G said the following on 27/02/2007 10:25:

I think the main problem is that many, many people, possibly a great
majority, do not think of road traffic law as "The Law". "The Law"
involves stuff like murder, ABH, burglary, perhaps fraud and theft and
is generally to be obeyed because it is a good thing and society would
crumble even more without it. But it doesn't apply to driving the motor
car, for heaven's sake! Road traffic law is just, well, typical
interference by "them" and can be safely ignored.

Just heard some prat on Radio 2 saying that he's allowed to use a mobile
phone when driving because he has an amateur radio license that allows
him to use any radio device. Or some bloke on R4 this morning who is OK
to use a phone whilst driving at 100mph because he's in a Volvo. Or a
dog food salesman on BBC's HYS who has a lot of calls on his mobile so
that's OK.

I don't think the message has really got across, somehow. TA the end of
the day though, the government can bring in as many laws as they like,
but they're pretty useless without enforcement.

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