With the rising cases of car crashes despite having speed camera on roads and all other motoring safety devices on cars, the Brits are looking into laying the smackdown on erring drivers.

A couple of weeks ago, new guidelines have been published citing that drivers who are driving distracted (using their fancy-schmancy gadgets like mobile phones, sat-navs and even MP3 players) that creates clear and evident danger could face jail time of up to two years in prison. These activities formerly warrant careless driving punishable by fines but the guidelines intend to change that by boosting them to dangerous driving.

They’ve also laid out new guidelines to ensure the safety of pedestrians on the road. If you’re a pedestrian, you must love this ordinance. Ever been splashed by those bastardly drivers running over puddles? Well, there’s no room for those bastards anymore in Britain as doing so merits a £2,500 fine.

Oh man, I got to love how the Brits are beefing up their motoring laws.

Source: The Times Online