British get tough on fiddling auto drivers....

Better not be caught fiddling while driving in the United Kingdom!

Drivers risk two years in jail for using their mobile phones
07.09.07

Motorists who use a hand-held mobile phone or fiddle with a satellite-navigation system while driving could be jailed for up to two years.

Prosecutors have said they could be charged with dangerous driving in a dramatically tougher approach to such offences.

Those caught fiddling with an MP3 music player or texting on a mobile at the wheel could also face the charge.

Prosecutions will be brought whenever it is judged that using the equipment posed a danger, such as forcing a car to swerve or causing a distracted motorist to jump a red light.

Those who kill while using a mobile phone will face 14 years behind bars under the charge of causing death by dangerous driving.

Now if we could add putting on make-up, reading the paper, and checking road maps to these offenses here in the old U.S.A., what a great world this would be!