A woman who was caught on camera eating a bowl of cereal while driving has handed herself into police in Staines today.
The 51-year-old woman, from East Molesey, South West London, was confronted by David Williams who caught her driving her Land Rover with one hand, while holding a bowl of cereal with the other, as he cycled past. Williams handed his footage to police on Wednesday.
The woman, who voluntarily attended Staines Police Station, and was interviewed by officers from Surrey's Roads Policing Unit, is unlikely to do porridge – but she could face a driver improvement course or fixed penalty notice.
Range Rover (LF13 XEW) driver eating a bowl of cereal, Hampton Court: http://t.co/zoiHV30qDC via @YouTube
— David H Williams (@Bigdai100) June 16, 2015
Surrey Police said in a statement: "On Wednesday, 17 June Surrey Police received a report from a member of the public who had seen a woman driving whilst eating a bowl of cereal at the junction of Creek Road and the A309 Hampton Court Way in Molesey.
"The woman was issued with a Driver Referral Notice for the offence of driving whilst not in proper control of motor vehicle.
"This notice will be submitted to the Force’s Traffic and Process Unit (TPU), who will review the case and make a decision regarding any further action – which could include sending the individual on a driver improvement course or a fixed penalty notice."
Williams, who is also a cycle instructor, has since been the subject of an angry Daily Mail article, which has branded people who use helmet cameras the "Cycling Stasi", and "infuriatingly, throat-throttlingly, red-mist-inducingly smug".
Surrey Police remind anyone who believes they have witnessed an offence to report it on 101 or on their website here.
41 thoughts on “Cereal offender caught eating at the wheel hands herself in to police…in Staines”
Quote:Williams, who is also a
This makes me more smug :H :H :H
How can you argue against these head cams? Woman caught doing something stupid, video goes public where she becomes identified, she hands herself into the police. Hopefully, she won’t do this stupid shit again. Only good things have come out of this thanks to the head cam.
‘Only good things have come
‘Only good things have come out of this thanks to the head cam.’
You don’t know that… some Daily Mail-reading idiot somewhere has probably just clicked up his hatred for cyclists another few notches. Cue more punishment passes.
andyp wrote:’Only good things
How far would you take this reasoning? Does it only apply to motoring offenses?
By the same logic, you don’t want terrorists caught and punished in case some other terrorist somewhere gets angry about it and blows something up?
(I would still say, mind you, that far better infrastructure is the only real solution.)
[Edit – I don’t mean to terrorism – even a network of fully segregated cycle lanes probably won’t have a big effect on Al Qieda]
andyp wrote:’Only good things
Or maybe some Daily Mail reading idiot that does something just as stupid, might see that their are consequences and reconsider their behaviour.
Good to see that both the
Good to see that both the Police and the lady in question are all taking their cue and supporting the cyclist…
How is this anything other
How is this anything other than dangerous driving? or at the very least driving without due care and attention?
During my stint as a lollipop
During my stint as a lollipop man there was a van driver who passed me every day at the same time holding a large bowl in one hand, a spoon in the other and steering with his knees.
I asked the police liason officer to attend during the time the van passed me, but he refused.
Crosshouses wrote:During my
You should have stepped out in front of him and watch the inside if the windscreen turn white and frosted flake………
Das wrote:You should have
Step out in front of a driver who is paying so little attention to what is happening outside their vehicle and you might get to watch the outside of the windscreen turn red. It would probably be the last thing you see.
Quit the moaning about the
Quit the moaning about the driving offence(s) and let us address the important issue here… That, is not a Range Rover, It’s a Land Rover.
Ah yes! So it is. This has
Ah yes! So it is. This has now been changed.
Range Rover sounds better
Range Rover sounds better though as it implies ‘rich git’! :^o
The only motorists that are
The only motorists that are getting annoyed by the headcam wearers are those who risk having their driving standards criticised. If their driving is good enough then they have nothing to worry about.
webster wrote:The only
But even though most of us claim to be above average, I think we know that our driving is poor, so we’re scared that we might be caught out and it’s easier to get angry with camera users than go on a refresher course. 🙁
‘Or maybe some Daily Mail
‘Or maybe some Daily Mail reading idiot that does something just as stupid, might see that their are consequences and reconsider their behaviour.’
That is also possible, and hopefully more than just possible.
I think the cameras are a great idea, and I’m very pleased that this particular fuckwit was caught.
However to say that *only good can come out of it* is absolute bollocks.
‘By the same logic, you don’t want terrorists caught and punished in case some other terrorist somewhere gets angry about it and blows something up?’
I would have to say that a) you have no idea what ‘logic’ means, b) you have no idea what I was trying to say, and c) you have no grasp of reality.
andyp wrote:’Or maybe some
Well (b) is because you didn’t say it very well, but apology accepted.
Care to explain what you mean by (c) or are you just chucking abuse for the sake of it?
FluffyKittenofTindalos
Well (b) is because you didn’t say it very well, but apology accepted.
Care to explain what you mean by (c) or are you just chucking abuse for the sake of it?— andyp
He’s misquoting my original post and mixing it with your points. I think he’s confused himself.
She handed herself in to help
She handed herself in to help herself.
She, and others like her, do not give a hoot about anyone else’s safety.
more helmet camera = more
more helmet camera = more motorists getting caught = an eventual change of motorists behaviour
camera footage is evidence, rather than your word against theirs
Check out this guy, very busy having a conversation in heavy traffic in Camden 2 nights back, driving along not even holding the steering wheel!
Put his phone down very quickly when he realised he was on camera
Is she on snap, crack(le) and
Is she on snap, crack(le) and pop or somethin’? Booyakasha. West side.
“… angry Daily Mail
“… angry Daily Mail article, which has branded people who use helmet cameras the “Cycling Stasi”, and “infuriatingly, throat-throttlingly, red-mist-inducingly smug”.”
What is really alarming is that the article
“Cycling Stasi: Never mind drivers eating cereal. SARAH VINE says the real menaces on our roads are vigilantes in Lycra filming your every move”
is by the wife of the Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice.
Ooh !
… so its true. The Daily
… so its true. The Daily Mail IS read by the wives of those who run the country …
For the uninitiated:
The Times is read by those who run the country
The Daily Telegraph is read by those who used to run the country
The Daily Express is read by those who used to run the country and still think they do
The Financial Times is read by those who own the country
The Daily Mail is read by the wives of those who run the country
The Guardian is read by those who would run the country if only it was fair
The Daily Mirror is read by those who will run the country once the workers sieze power
The Sun is read by those who don’t care who runs the country as long as she has large b***sts …
If all the above read roadcc and cycled would we be living in Holland or Copenhagen?
Streetlife wrote:… so its
Come on, at least credit the source of the joke you’re passing off as your own.
vonhelmet wrote:Streetlife
Come on, at least credit the source of the joke you’re passing off as your own.— Streetlife
Besides that, since when was “breasts” such a terrible profanity that it needs to be asterisked out?
hylozoist wrote:Besides that,
Ironically, the original joke finishes with “as long as she’s got big tits”, which does drift towards the realm of things people might want to censor.
And meanwhile hundreds of
And meanwhile hundreds of cyclist commuters chomp down on cereal energy bars washed down with a biden of semi-skimmed everyday. Too many cereal offenders to count.
GrantT wrote:And meanwhile
Troll-oll-oll-oll 🙂
Anyone else think if a car
Anyone else think if a car had overtaken him only to squeeze in front and turn left rather than wait a few seconds and flow with the traffic (like he did with the Golf) he’d have been angry? Its like braking to fit into a slot between HGVs on a motorway to get on the slip road.
Yes the woman was an idiot, but the amount of double standards that are only going to rile other road users I see in videos like this is depressing.
I myself find cycle cameras
I myself find cycle cameras annoying. Yep I use one and report idiots with it much too often. So let’s ban the camera’s and ban the idiots on the road. No idiot’s no camera required campaign! It’s simple! Lol
And there was me thinking she
And there was me thinking she was likely to be prosecuted and convicted for reckless driving given a ban and hefty fine. Plod and CPS demonstrate yet again they are soft on dangerous drivers. What’s the point? Hardly worth all the aggro really.
Who is this woman? Name and shame!
Call me cynical but has
Call me cynical but has anybody else thought about this…
“This notice will be submitted to the Force’s Traffic and Process Unit (TPU), who will review the case and make a decision regarding any further action – which could include sending the individual on a driver improvement course or a fixed penalty notice.”
The important word in there is COULD she could in fact end up with nothing at all or just a telling off, I mean that’l teach her.
Good to see that she saw the
Good to see that she saw the error of her ways and handed herself in to plod voluntarily.
Shame it needed her face to be plastered over social media and a couple of days for this to happen. 8}
She’s sorry for what?
Sorry she got caught?
Sorry she got caught? 8|
That’s not a Landrover; THIS
That’s not a Landrover; THIS is a Landrover…
It’s so common its unreal, I
It’s so common its unreal, I had to ride slowly down the middle of Oldham road indicating to the articulated lorry driver behind me that I wouldn’t let him past until he got off his phone for half a mile on Friday afternoon.
This was after watching him ride through a red light.
There is virtually no enforcement in Manchester at all.
Was it perchance Crunchy Nut
Was it perchance Crunchy Nut cereal
Cheeky nosy cyclist. Shouldnt
Cheeky nosy cyclist. Shouldnt you be the one paying attention to your riding instead!?
Quote:But even though most of
Speak for yourself… B-)
don simon wrote:Quote:But
So when did you last go on a refresher course, or are you angry with camera users? 😉
a.jumper wrote:don simon
I’m just a driving god, my friend. 😉
don simon wrote:a.jumper
Is that claiming to be above average, or do you smite down the camera users 😆