Shocking moment motorists is caught on camera watching TV while driving in heavy traffic
- A reckless motorist was filmed watching a dashboard TV show whilst driving
- Two people behind caught the ‘incredibly dangerous driving’ moment on film
- Incident happened on the A602 in Stevenage, Hertfordshire on November 10
A reckless motorist has been caught on camera apparently watching a TV show whilst behind the wheel of her car in heavy traffic.
The ‘incredibly dangerous driving’ moment happened on the A602 in Stevenage, Hertfordshire on November 10 at 4.22pm.
Jay Beecroft, 35, captured the incident on camera when he noticed moving images on a screen in the car in front at a junction.
A reckless motorist was filmed appearing to watch a dashboard TV show whilst driving a battered blue Skoda Roomster through traffic on the A602 in Stevenage, Hertfordshire on November 10
He was a passenger in a van behind the battered blue Skoda Roomster and began to record with his mobile phone.
The video shows their van pull up to a stop behind the Skoda at a traffic light, and shows a TV show playing on a mini device attached to her dashboard.
Jay says: ‘She’s watching TV.’
The driver responds: ‘Yeah she’s watching a f****ng TV show.’
Road Safety experts have described the actions of the driver as ‘incredibly dangerous driving’.
A video of the ‘incredibly dangerous driving’ incident shows a van pull up to a stop behind the Skoda at a traffic light. It clearly shows a TV show playing from a mini device attached to her dashboard.
They said looking at the screen, even for seconds could mean the difference between life and death for a pedestrian.
Jay later shared the clip on social media attracting hundreds of comments with many viewers urging him to submit the footage to the police.
Simon Abell commented: ‘This looks like a send to the police situation to me.’
Jonathan Coleman wrote: ‘No wonder the backend [of her vehicle] is already caved in.’
The president of President of The Automobile Association, Edmund King, said: ‘It is astonishing that anyone should even contemplate watching television while they drive.
‘This is the height of stupidly and incredibly dangerous driving.
Jay Beecroft, 35, the passenger in the van later shared the clip on social media attracting hundreds of comments with many viewers urging him to submit the footage to the police
‘Looking away for just two seconds could be the difference between life and death for a pedestrian crossing the road ahead.
‘It is perhaps not surprising that this driver’s car has been in previous scrapes.’
Not surprisingly, it is against the law to watch TV while driving.
According to government legislation written in The Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) Regulations 1986, no one is permitted to drive if they can see screen – unless it is displaying information.
Earlier this year a motorist was fined after he was spotted watching television whilst driving on the M6 motorway in the Midlands .
The 38-year-old man from Stoke was later given a telling off and £100 fine by Staffordshire Police.