Jeremy Clarkson’s admission that he once drove at 186mph on a public road is further evidence that UK drivers simply don’t expect to be caught speeding.

That’s the reaction of Andrew McGavin, the founder of BetterDrivingPlease.com. It’s a website set up for anyone to report bad driving they see on roads.

BetterDrivingPlease has received 13,000 reports so far. And Andrew believes the site only exists because there aren’t enough traffic police.

He said: “For Clarkson to be able to admit something like this is the clearest proof yet of a ‘motoring underclass’ who actively choose to break road laws, knowing the chances of getting caught are very low.

“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.”

Analysis of the 13,000 reports on the site reveals 1,800 related to excess speed.

Andrew added: “The law is becoming law for the law-abiding, to be ignored by the ‘motoring underclass’. Ordinary people are sick to death of people like Clarkson and their flippant attitude to road laws.”

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.

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NOTES TO EDITORS

• For any further information, quotes or interviews, a BetterDrivingPlease.com spokesman is available. Please email press@publicityheaven.com or call Paul Green on 08452 303049
• To find specific reports of bad driving, go to www.BetterDrivingPlease.com and enter the area in the Keyword search box
• You are welcome to publish any information you find on the website
• A factfile, logo, screenshots and other press resources are available online at http://www.betterdrivingplease.com/press.asp