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Bad drivers 'shopped' on website

By: KentOnline reporter multimediadesk@thekmgroup.co.uk

Published: 14:34, 07 April 2008

Copyright: Car and Driving press
Andrew McGavin holding up a placard to get people to report dangerous drivers

More than 50 drivers in Kent have been reported to a website for poor driving.

The reports sent to website, Betterdrivingplease.com, included failure to indicate, using a mobile while driving and having illegal number plates.

The complaints on the website came from Maidstone, Chatham, Ashford, Canterbury, Tunbridge Wells, Gillingham and Folkestone - and even Brands Hatch.

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More than 10,000 reports have been made to the Betterdriving website since it was set up in 2006.

Founder Andrew McGavin believes the roads are getting more and more dangerous.

He said: “Despite recent laws banning the use of handheld mobile phones at the wheel, and corporate manslaughter laws forcing companies to put in place better driving policies, our roads are more dangerous than ever.

“It’s now the norm to see dangerous driving on every journey you make. The message isn’t getting through to drivers and the police aren’t catching enough people. That’s what makes a database like this necessary.

Mr McGavin says he is in talks with UK police chiefs about them checking their records against the BetterDrivingPlease.com database, then writing to offenders.

He added: “The more reports there are on the site, the more powerful a weapon it becomes against the small minority of stupid drivers who make it dangerous for the rest of us on the roads”.

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