UK driver filmed with hands behind head, gets arrested

"Tom McParland" (tommcparland) 01/06/2014 at 09:19 • Filed to: car crime

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Bro, I think you have the wrong idea on "cruise control." !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!!

offroadkarter > Tom McParland 01/06/2014 at 09:21

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Okay I know this is irresponsible driving, but this is an arrestable offense in England?

Fuck that noise, I'll stay in America where I can drive with my knees while eating a hamburger and drinking a large coke

davedave1111 > offroadkarter 01/06/2014 at 09:25

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I suspect you'll find it's an offence in most places, but normally people don't get caught being quite that blatant.

offroadkarter > davedave1111 01/06/2014 at 09:31

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texting and driving is an offense, that doesn't mean they can arrest you over it.

Yowen - not necessarily not spaghetti and meatballs > Tom McParland 01/06/2014 at 09:36

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Was it because he was getting a blowie?

Tom McParland > Yowen - not necessarily not spaghetti and meatballs 01/06/2014 at 09:43

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Yowen - not necessarily not spaghetti and meatballs > Tom McParland 01/06/2014 at 09:51

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Best gif of the day! .....so far.

KirkyV > offroadkarter 01/06/2014 at 09:52

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I think I'd rather live somewhere where people... Y'know... Can't do that?

(Depending on the severity, irresponsible driving can be an arrest-worthy offence in the UK, but it doesn't look like this guy actually was. He's been banned from driving for a year, fined £625 - around $1000 - and given 100 hours of community service.)

Tom McParland > Yowen - not necessarily not spaghetti and meatballs 01/06/2014 at 09:52

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Taken from Nibby's post

davedave1111 > offroadkarter 01/06/2014 at 10:27

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Oh, I see what you mean. I'm not sure the motorist in this case was arrested at any point - doesn't actually say so in the article - but it depends on how serious an offence the police perceived it as. Driving without due care and attention would typically see you pulled over and then summonsed by mail, rather than arrested. Dangerous driving typically gets you arrested.

As far as I know, in England and Wales you can actually be arrested for texting and driving, because that's taken very seriously here. Talking on the phone without a hands-free kit is taken a lot less seriously, so the police normally just hand out fixed penalty notices, but I believe you can get yourself arrested for it if you really insist on refusing the fixed penalty and make enough of a fuss.