Someone has decided to start trying to log the mobile-phone users and send an email direct to the top — Andre — or Police Minister Andre Haermeyer, if you want to give him his official title.
Andre has a mobile phone driver reporting page. You can find it at http://www.ratbagitinerant.com/cm/phones.html
Reg says: Dob in a drongo driver!
Just the one? As the sign says “Wipe off five". This evening’s mild entertainment came from:
- 17:40 QRD-368, Blue magna, Clayton road/Ferntree gully road intersection.
- Red falcon, Malvern road. No, that’s not a phone, driver is slugging back a UDL as he skims past my elbow. Too quick, no plates.
- 17:55 PJV-969, White ford telstar, Malvern road
- Silver Toyota Seca, heading east on Malvern road. Young girl SMSing, sun in my eyes and no plates. What caught my eye was that she was driving up the bike lane… just like the woman who killed a guy.
- 18:09 RHG-878, purple peugeot 306 convertible, Malvern road/Wattletree road.
The last one took the cake. There he was, sitting stopped at the intersection, indicator on to turn left, phone against the ear, GREEN TURN ARROW in front of him, mindlessly chatting. I rode up alongside on the driver’s side, leant over and said very clearly “YOU CAN PUT THE PHONE DOWN NOW, THAT’S A GREEN ARROW.” “Oh, err, yes” came the reply as the car behind leant on the horn, off he went up Wattletree.
Three definites in half an hour, I guess that at $135 per fine that’d be $800 an hour I could be making for Andre. I should be getting a commission! I really wouldn’t mind riding around on my bike for an eight hour day and raking in whatever proportion of $6400 per day that would be!
