Today I grassed, would you ever?

today going eastwood over tower bridge i noticed a man driving and typing a text message into his mobile phone. i had see him at the traffic lights on the southern side of the bridge doing the same thing. so when i got to the traffic lights i beckoned over the traffic police man and informed him that the volkswagen driver seven cars back had been using his phone while driving. when he approached he stepped into the middle of the road , hand held high palm facing the direction of mr sms in the classic "i'm a policeman and you must stop stance" i looked back and he was having words with him. it infuriates me that people still dont care enough about their driving licence or more importantly other road users and give less than 100% attention. what will it take for it to be an offence for a mobile phone to even be switched on in a motor vehicle. i think that is the only way. then if you are stopped and its on you get 3 points end of story. not inside your bag or in the boot and on silent, ON AND YOUR BUSTED. harsh maybe but it might save a few lives and make motorists think more about other road users.
ps. i dont hate cars.

i would do the same if a copper was at hand. i've signalled a few times at drivers, sometimes not even noticed as they're engrossed txting etc. its lame. hands free ftw.

I would do exactly the same thing... The road isn't the place to be driving a 1 ton+ battering ram and not paying 100% attention...

Saw a officer mounted on horseback have a go at a driver once for the same thing at Wellington Arch. Funniest thing I'd ever seen due to the height difference and his very loud voice yelling "You! Yes you! What are you doing? Put the phone down!"

I have no problems grassing up a driver doing something that stupid.

If there are no cops, a nice flat hand to the hood will usually make them drop it :)

Good work. That copper that works on the bridge loves his job.

Yeah would do the same thing in a heart beat. I've had so much trouble with wankers on their phones in the last few days I'd happily nut them out. merging lanes without indicating while texting away should be punishable by broken legs.

yup, defo do the same thing,
whacked a ladies driver side window once, if she didn't have a roof the phone would have went about 50ft in the air.

This probably winds me up more than anything else. Banged on the window of a bird talking on the phone once, she dropped it instantly as she assumed I was a copper. When she looked to see that I was just some gimp on a bike she picked the fucker back up and started chatting again.

Fucks sake.

Were you driving when you posted that?

Cut and paste fail.

If this is supposed to be spam, take it elsewhere please.

Out of interest is it against the law to cycle while texting?

What about while trackstanding?!

Well done coppi.

I have been known to recommend drivers to stop using their phone.I think its not worth doing though, you never know who you're dealing with.

Copper for the win.

It's an easy way of catching out more in depth driving crims too, so the police like it.

A woman got pulled over right outside my house for talking on her mobile, police did their usual checks and found out car wasn't MOTd, taxed, or insured. Since there's a big un-insured car clean up going on at the moment in Liverpool she had to empty her car, get in the police car and they towed her car away. Think it was going to get crushed. Worst phone call ever?

I normally tend to mutter "get off the fucking phone" when I see something like that, occasionally I shout at drivers, normally not brave enough to actually do anything like that.

Well done Coppi.

You did the right thing.

There are far too many drivers texting and talking on the phone (without handsfree). The tell-tale signs are drifting left (usually towards you) and pulling out too far into a major road from a minor.

I tend to rap my hand against the car and tell the driver to get off the phone because he just hit me.

All drivers usually see of me is my fingers to my head faux phone call style and the silently mouthed words G E T OFF THE FUCKING P H O N E C U N T

on monday on bishopsgate i was on the bus (yeah i know..) watching a cabby playing nintendo DS as he idled in traffic.
The ds was rested on his wheel so he could still steer.

It's just as well i was on the bus as if i'd been cycling I'd have totally lost it at him.

I've had a go at drivers in the past for doing utterly ridiculous things whilst texting/phoning while driving and have often got into quite nasty situations so i don't do it any more.

Will take a leaf out of your book Coppi and inform the police if available.
Good show.

Yes well done Coppi.

I had a Canon sales rep calling me about the photocopiers that I was buying. I could hear she was in a car. I asked her if she was, she said yes. I told her to call me back when she was not driving and I put the phone down.

I say well done mate. I see at least one person either talking or texting on a phone everyday. No exaggeration.

Once when I was on Whitechapel High Street some fat prick in a Merc was reading a yachting or sailing magazine whilst in busy traffic. He just had it there on his lap and I had to slap his window to make him realise the lights had changed. Words cannot express...

I noticed in Italy that drivers seemed to cradle their phones with their shoulders, so that they could have both hands free for gesticulation while they were talking. I wish I was joking.

Also, well done for reporting him. Hope he gets points.

on monday on bishopsgate i was on the bus (yeah i know..) watching a cabby playing nintendo DS as he idled in traffic.
The ds was rested on his wheel so he could still steer.

Yours wins cnut of the month. Hands down.

Big up Coppi...
Some vigilante shit right there.

Saw a officer mounted on horseback have a go at a driver once for the same thing at Wellington Arch. Funniest thing I'd ever seen due to the height difference and his very loud voice yelling "You! Yes you! What are you doing? Put the phone down!"

I have no problems grassing up a driver doing something that stupid.

If there are no cops, a nice flat hand to the hood will usually make them drop it :)

fucking class, I can just imaging it's mad max on a horse screaming that.

I once took out my camera phone to snap an idiot texting while waiting in the advanced cycle box. Should have seen the look on his/his girlfriend's face when they noticed. The phone disappeared. Quickly.