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Driver eating cereal.pngCereal offender caught eating at the wheel hands herself in to police...in Staines
A woman who was caught on camera eating a bowl of cereal while driving has handed herself into police in Staines today.
The 51-year-old woman, from East Molesey, South West London, was confronted by David Williams who caught her driving her Land Rover with one hand, while holding a bowl of cereal with the other, as he cycled past. Williams handed his footage to police on Wednesday.
The woman, who voluntarily attended Staines Police Station, and was interviewed by officers from Surrey's Roads Policing Unit, is unlikely to do porridge - but she could face a driver improvement course or fixed penalty notice.
Range Rover (LF13 XEW) driver eating a bowl of cereal, Hampton Court: http://t.co/zoiHV30qDC via @YouTube
— David H Williams (@Bigdai100) June 16, 2015
Surrey Police said in a statement: "On Wednesday, 17 June Surrey Police received a report from a member of the public who had seen a woman driving whilst eating a bowl of cereal at the junction of Creek Road and the A309 Hampton Court Way in Molesey.
"The woman was issued with a Driver Referral Notice for the offence of driving whilst not in proper control of motor vehicle.
"This notice will be submitted to the Force’s Traffic and Process Unit (TPU), who will review the case and make a decision regarding any further action – which could include sending the individual on a driver improvement course or a fixed penalty notice."
Williams, who is also a cycle instructor, has since been the subject of an angry Daily Mail article, which has branded people who use helmet cameras the "Cycling Stasi", and "infuriatingly, throat-throttlingly, red-mist-inducingly smug".
Surrey Police remind anyone who believes they have witnessed an offence to report it on 101 or on their website here.
Laura Laker is a freelance journalist with more than a decade’s experience covering cycling, walking and wheeling (and other means of transport). Beginning her career with road.cc, Laura has also written for national and specialist titles of all stripes. One part of the popular Streets Ahead podcast, she sometimes appears as a talking head on TV and radio, and in real life at conferences and festivals. She is also the author of Potholes and Pavements: a Bumpy Ride on Britain’s National Cycle Network.
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Ah yes! So it is. This has now been changed.
Range Rover sounds better though as it implies 'rich git'!
During my stint as a lollipop man there was a van driver who passed me every day at the same time holding a large bowl in one hand, a spoon in the other and steering with his knees.
I asked the police liason officer to attend during the time the van passed me, but he refused.
You should have stepped out in front of him and watch the inside if the windscreen turn white and frosted flake.........
Step out in front of a driver who is paying so little attention to what is happening outside their vehicle and you might get to watch the outside of the windscreen turn red. It would probably be the last thing you see.
How is this anything other than dangerous driving? or at the very least driving without due care and attention?
Good to see that both the Police and the lady in question are all taking their cue and supporting the cyclist...
'Only good things have come out of this thanks to the head cam.'
You don't know that... some Daily Mail-reading idiot somewhere has probably just clicked up his hatred for cyclists another few notches. Cue more punishment passes.
How far would you take this reasoning? Does it only apply to motoring offenses?
By the same logic, you don't want terrorists caught and punished in case some other terrorist somewhere gets angry about it and blows something up?
(I would still say, mind you, that far better infrastructure is the only real solution.)
[Edit - I don't mean to terrorism - even a network of fully segregated cycle lanes probably won't have a big effect on Al Qieda]
Or maybe some Daily Mail reading idiot that does something just as stupid, might see that their are consequences and reconsider their behaviour.
This makes me more smug
How can you argue against these head cams? Woman caught doing something stupid, video goes public where she becomes identified, she hands herself into the police. Hopefully, she won't do this stupid shit again. Only good things have come out of this thanks to the head cam.
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