EXPERIENCED police officers don't tend to exaggerate when talking to the media. So when Chief Inspector Andy Charlton, of Notts Police, describes some drivers as "bonkers", you can bet they deserve it.
His comments follow a police crackdown on the "fatal four" traffic crimes – drink-driving, speeding, using a mobile phone and not wearing a seatbelt.
He has revealed some curious differences between the sexes. Despite the stereotype of the forever-chattering female, it seems that women, in particular, like texting while driving. Men, meanwhile, are the worst culprits for not wearing a seatbelt. They're hard, you see: catapult a bloke through a pane of glass at high speed and send him face-first down the tarmac or into a lamp post and he might need an aspirin and a bit of plaster but...
Seriously, though, it's daft enough to laugh at – if it weren't so dangerous.
Let's all give Chief Inspector Charlton a hand. Next time you see someone using a mobile phone at the wheel, make a mental note of their registration number and – when it's safe to do so – call the police.
Some might say that's being an interfering busybody. We would call it lessening the chances of one more distracted driver ruining your life.