I don't like the idea of photo surveillance, but, when it captures
dangerous morons like this bitch, the cameras and process identifying
them are extremely beneficial.
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Woman fined for putting make-up on at wheel
8th March 2006
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Irresponsible: Donna Maddock caught on camera applying make-up at the
wheel
A woman was caught on police video putting on her make-up while
driving at 32mph has been fined £200.
Donna Maddock, 22, from Mold in north Wales, was pictured with both
hands off the steering wheel putting on her eye make-up.
Magistrates in Pwlhelli fined Ms Maddock £200 plus £55 costs after she
pleaded guilty to a charge of careless driving.
She was also given six points on her licence. A spokeswoman for North
Wales Police said the incident "beggars belief".
She said: "A car is a dangerous lump of metal in the wrong hands.
"You need to be in control at all times and Miss Maddock's actions
beggars belief."
Ms Maddock was pictured on police video cameras holding a compact
mirror and an eye brush while driving along the A499 in Pwllheli in
north Wales.
According to the Arrive Alive road safety organisation, based in north
Wales, 41 people were injured or killed on the A499 between 2001 and
2003.
Roger Vincent, a spokesman for the Royal Society for the Prevention of
Accidents, branded Ms Maddock "irresponsible".
He said: "It is frightening to think what could have happened as she
was driving along without her hands on the wheel particularly as this
is such an accident blackspot.
"She was putting her own life at risk and the lives of other people
just for the sake of applying her make-up.
"People seem to do all sorts of bizarre things in their cars.
Nowadays, there are enough distractions without motorists literally
making up their own.
"But this does show that people who behave in such an irresponsible
way will get caught."
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