A number plate reporting website owner is urging the police to use the database in order to catch bad drivers. People take the number plate of a car that is being driven badly or breaking the law in some way. The police just need to trace the number plate and catch the driver.
Betterdrivingplease.com is the creation of Andrew McGavin, 54 from Oxfordshire;
There are around eleven thousand incidents on the website so far, which have been reported by a team of spotters who use hands free video equipment to provide proof of the claim, this stops people from just reporting someone out of spite.
Andrew McGavin, said: "It's now the norm to see dangerous driving on every journey you make. The message isn't getting through to drivers and the police aren't catching enough people."
"That's what makes a database like this necessary."
"The more reports there are on the site, the more powerful a weapon it becomes against the small minority of stupid drivers who make it dangerous for the rest of us on the roads."
"The plan is very simple. If the police take it onboard, and they build up a database of number plates of repeat offenders - as is beginning to happen on the website - then people will realise that they cannot drive with a mobile phone or tailgate and get away with it."
What if the report is wrong?
"At this stage, drivers can email saying they should not be on the site and add comments to particular incidents."
"This is not a vigilante site. It was set up to expose a problem and to ask the authorities to do something about it"
Thames Valley Police commented by saying: "We are committed to improving safety on our roads and reducing collisions and casualties."
"We have produced literature advising members of the public on how to report instances of bad driving and what information the police need to take action."
"Betterdrivingplease.com is a national website, which gives people the opportunity to report instances of what they believe to be bad driving."
"However, these reports do not usually contain the evidence necessary to bring a prosecution, and Thames Valley Police do not use the website as a matter of course when investigating incidents of bad or careless driving."
Source [Oxford Mail]
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