Living in a former British possession, we drive on the left.

So there I was waiting behind the driver's door to get my trolley out of the car, looking at the cars approaching as is my wont as my friend would not like her door taken off. I wouldn't like being hit, either.

A gi-normous 4-wheel drive (aka SUV) was coming along the main road in this inner city suburb, driver's right hand was on the wheel & his left hand obviously holding his phone was way out of sight. He was staring fixedly at the screen, none of this nonsense about nodding head to look at road & phone alternatively, so I waited till he went straight past, happy that he was using cruise control. The following driver had both her hands on her wheel & was looking ahead, so I opened the door & removed my trolley.

It was only later when telling friends about my day that I learnt Cruise Control is meant for roads where animals & children don't dash in front of you, or other car drivers don't make death defying (causing?) moves.

We had a recent case where a driver was filmed on dash cam looking up & down at her phone several hundred times in a short trip! She was fined.

Drivers using mobile phones could be fined without even knowing they’ve been caught.
NEW hi-tech cameras that detect drivers using their mobile phones without them even knowing and automatically issues fines could soon change everything.

we hope. Phone users even cross roads without looking, thus either getting hit or traumatising driver who manage to avoid them.

sandra (getting off soapbox)