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June 2008 The public backlash against drivers who don’t care if they break motoring laws has reached a new high. More than 7,500 people have now confirmed their intention to fight the so-called “motoring underclass”, by joining the road safety website BetterDrivingPlease.com. It’s a website set up for anyone to report bad driving they see on roads. And so far the members have reported 13,000 incidents across the UK. Founder Andrew McGavin has a certain kind of driver in his sights. He said: “There is an underclass of motorists who genuinely don’t fear being caught breaking traffic laws. “They know there aren’t enough traffic police to catch them speeding, driving dangerously or using a handheld mobile. They’re prepared to risk driving without insurance. And they don’t fear cameras because they can swap or alter their number plates.” Andrew believes the answer is not new laws, rather more rigorous enforcement of existing laws. He added: “The government needs to look at what is actually happening on our roads and revamp their overall enforcement policy, rather than introduce new laws which will just be ignored. “The law is becoming law for the law-abiding, to be ignored by the ‘motoring underclass’.” More than 1.5 million people have visited BetterDrivingPlease.com – reporting or searching through the 13,000 reports made since the site was set up in 2006. Reporters note the number plate of the offending vehicle, what they did and where. ENDS
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