Send SMS while driving and get 2 years in prison!

Motorists from the UK, perhaps, have no luck more than others: not only are the fines for violating traffic rules in this country have always been very high, so they also grow almost every year. So, at present, a fine for using a mobile phone, MP3 player or other similar portable device while driving a car can be as much as £ 2,500. This, by the way, is almost 5000 US dollars!

However, it is possible that in the near future the penalty will be changed. If the bill proposed by British politicians is approved, unscrupulous drivers will be threatened with not a fine anymore, but two years in prison! This is if the driver loses control of the car as a result of using the device or, say, passes by a red light. If the motorist at the same time manages to bring a person to death, the prosecutor's office will have the right to demand an increase in the prison term to 14 years.

The authors of the new version of the law are confident that such serious measures will have a noticeable effect on British car owners, and the number of accidents caused by drivers distracted by writing SMS will be significantly reduced.
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via This Is London