Using your phone whilst driving? Perhaps you have a cheeky look at it when you're stuck in traffic or in a long tail-back?
Well, beware, because the police are now starting to roll out automatic systems which will attempt to spot your phone usage and then flash a large sign like the above.
The system, which is detailed here and made by Westcotec, will "educate" drivers and comprises of a sensor which detects active 2G, 3G or 4G signals coming from your car. This, if I'm honest, immediately got me questioning it because my phone sits on the dashboard collecting email, tweets, WhatsApp messages and streams music whilst I'm driving – so the system would detect that 4G data usage and would show the warning sign at me even though I'm not using it.
Indeed, the manufacturers admit that they're not able to detect if it's in your hand or even if it's your phone – it could be your passenger. However, it's a learning tool if nothing else. Thames Valley and Hampshire police are to deploy the technology, which will consist of these signs illuminating when an active phone is detected.
Matt Barber, deputy police and crime commissioner for Thames Valley, said the system was "not fool-proof", but wanted to ensure that hand-held use whilst driving was made "as socially unacceptable … as it is to drink and drive".
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