Apparently some police forces in the country are now rolling out enforcement of driving too close to tax dodgers, maybe even section 59 ASB orders, which are interesting as there is a lower burden of proof. It doesn't impact penalties or insurance, simply threatens to take the car away.
We watch these experiments with trepidation.
Meanwhile, Bristol has a page to report incidents for their records alone.
This week we are conducting a small experiment to report a few dangerous drivers to this site, to see what happens. Expect followups if there are any results.
First, MK59USB on Tyndall's Park Road, crossing Whiteladies Road while reading their phone.
There are now pedestrian crossing lights on some of the arms of the junctions, specifically Tyndall's Park Road has a walk and ike one (a small dip in the kerb allows the bikes over); Whiteladies Road inbound also has green. These require left-turns to be restricted, which has long been a rule more ignored than observed. The council has recently done some raised corner sharpening; be interesting to see what's happening.
Where there is not any pedestrian crossing is on St Pauls Road —the Clifton Side— people run across when there is a gap, such as when vehicles heading inbound are waiting to turn right, and in that little gap between Whiteladies Road going read and TPR/St Pauls Road going green.
Which means this mercedes is about to head towards a junction where there are likely to be people sprinting across. Will they put down their phone?
No, is the answer, they keep on looking at it, going down to one-handed so they can hold the steering wheel with the other. About half way through the junction, they look up, notice the cyclist, and hold the phone down out of sight.
Interesting question: what would have happened if the tax-dodger hadn't been there?
The experiment begins, then, by filing this on the A&S police site, see how they react.
What about the full report an incident process? Too much hassle given its inevitable that nothing is going to happen. If they don't act when you go to the station with a CD of a video and a complaint, it's unlikely that they will react to a youtube URL.
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