I am cycling about 10 miles up the side of West London as part of my commute to work. I have just started this particular commute.

Every day, bar none I am watching people sitting in traffic, and moving forward tapping some reply into their phone oblivious to their surroundings. As I am filtering it is a danger to me, but also pedestrians. I have heard it called the new drunk driving.

I am no Cyclist Mikey, but I stop, peer at them through their window. There is never an argument, somehow their phone just melts out of their hand an onto their lap. Maybe it is time of a head mounted camera at least to scare them into given this habit up.

I thought 6 points and a large fine might have been a deterrent, but in my cycling experience of passing many cars in traffic each day, many people still consider mobile phone use behind the wheel to be normal.