₤ 200.00 fine for applying make-up while driving

[Mr. Big Dog 10,747]

Fine for driver's make-up offence

A motorist has been fined after being caught by a speed camera taking both hands off the wheel to apply make-up while driving near a north Wales town.

Pwllheli Magistrates Court heard on Wednesday how Donna Marie Maddock, 22, from Mold, was travelling at 32mph in a 40mph zone earlier this year.

She was using an eyeliner with one hand and a compact in the other.

Maddock was fined £200 after admitting careless driving. The court heard she was banned last week for drink-driving.

Magistrates heard that it was an Arrive Alive mobile anti-speeding van, equipped with a camera, that caught Maddock driving her Vauxhall Astra in Ala Road - the road out of Pwllheli towards Abersoch.

Ian Evans, prosecuting, said she had what appeared to be an eyebrow or eyelash pencil in one hand and something like a compact or mirror in the other.

The video was shown in court and Maddock, who did not appear for sentencing, could be seen with both hands off the steering wheel.

'Beggars belief'

Mr Evans said: "This is an unusual case. The police speed check caught the defendant doing 32 mph in a 40 mph area. There was no speeding but she had no hands on the steering wheel."

Magistrates imposed six points on Maddock's licence and heard that she was already serving a 20-month driving ban, imposed last week.

A letter from her solicitor asked that because she had been disqualified since the offence, no further ban be added.

A spokeswoman for North Wales Police 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 beggar belief."

BBC

[Fischkoepfin 1]

Unbelievable... More power to traffic enforcement everywhere.

[MaryandMian 1]

If you are going to wear makeup do it before you leave the house. Or leave early enough to put it on at the office. Or put on lipstick after you park the car. One of my big time dislikes is to be behind someone applying makeup and all over the road or not paying attention to the lights.

[mawilson 2,133]

Make-up offense? More like a made-up offense

[eau_xplain 2]

Yeah .. I've seen that a lot here too and wonder about that. It's another sign of how much the pressure to look good has affected good judgment.

[Trompe le Monde 1,107]

AS I was waiting in LA traffic the other day, I saw on one side of my someone plucking their eyebrows (I mean, how?) and on the side the person was putting on their wig

[Peggy 1]

Same goes for being on your cell phone driving. That drives me nuts.

Everyone you see here has a cell phone glued to their ear as they are driving

[onwa 6]

I think the worse I saw was a guy shaving while driving!

Edited March 8, 2006 by onwa

[Satisfaction 1]

What else can't we do in a car?

[almaty 19]

saw a guy eating a bowl of cereal while driving...

[Euro 3]

hahaha wow, my sister got fined 50 quid for chucking a cig end out of her car ...I just wish they would put the cash to good use, like maybe fixing the roads!!!! ..............its so hard to put your lippy on straight

[pri 0]

thats kool it should be applicable in North america 2 as we recently had a crash in Toronto due to this make up thingy

[pedroh 21]

Same goes for being on your cell phone driving. That drives me nuts.

Everyone you see here has a cell phone glued to their ear as they are driving

yeap.. cheap people who don't buy hands-free accessories.. or bluetooth headsets.. btw.. u know where u can buy em

[Mr. Big Dog 10,747]

Same goes for being on your cell phone driving. That drives me nuts.

Everyone you see here has a cell phone glued to their ear as they are driving

yeap.. cheap people who don't buy hands-free accessories.. or bluetooth headsets.. btw.. u know where u can buy em

Dude, that's so the shack talkin'

[almaty 19]

Same goes for being on your cell phone driving. That drives me nuts.

Everyone you see here has a cell phone glued to their ear as they are driving

yeap.. cheap people who don't buy hands-free accessories.. or bluetooth headsets.. btw.. u know where u can buy em

Dude, that's so the shack talkin'

Pwned!!!!!!!!!!!!!!