No mobile while mobile
Things are getting tougher for the UK's drivers.
UK drivers will be banned from filming or searching playlists on hand-held devices from next year under government plans to toughen road safety laws. It is already illegal to call or text on hand-held phones while driving unless it is an emergency.
Grant Shapps, the transport secretary, had this to blow out of his rear end: By making it easier to prosecute people illegally using their phone at the wheel, we are ensuring the law is brought into the 21st Century while further protecting all road users.
The problem is, Grant you ol' dunderhead, that this presupposes that you catch them in the first place. Being able to throw the book at them after they've caused an accident is one thing, but prevention is better than cure.
As Edmund King, president of the Automobile Association, put it: To help ensure drivers get the message, we also need more cops in cars to help catch and deter those still tempted to pick up.
But that'll cost money; otherwise, it's just meaningless waffle. And that's where the rhetoric hits the road. Quite literally in this case.