Although I dislike Jeremy Clarkson and the whole BLOKES TALKING ABOUT BLOKEY THINGS AND CALLING A SPADE A SPADE IN A LOUD SMUG VOICE subculture he seems to have inspired, this makes me feel uneasy…
Police probe Clarkson phone photo (BBC)
Yep, if he was talking on his mobile while driving at 70mph, that’s bad. It’s more than bad, it’s illegal. But do we really want a system of law enforcement based around crafty phonecam snaps sent to tabloid newspapers?
I see people using (non-handsfree) mobile phones while driving, sometimes while making involved manoeuvres, on an almost daily basis. And it annoys me, much like any other example of people thinking they’re above the law. But if I take photos of these people and send them to a tabloid newspaper, or even the local police station, what’s going to happen? Probably nothing, and that’s a shame. However, perhaps someone should make the usual channels work properly before we start franchising our entire legal system to the Daily Mirror newsdesk.