ABASHAYELI ababanjwe bethwebula izithombe zengozi embi ngesikhathi beshayela bazobhekana nemiphumela, kuxwayisa uKhomishana wamaPhoyisa noBugebengu eSurrey.
U-Lisa Townsend ukhulume ngokucasuka kwakhe ngabashayeli “abanobugovu ngendlela eshaqisayo” ababonwe ngamaphoyisa omgwaqo. I-Roads Police Unit izithombe zokushayisana ngasekuqaleni kwale nyanga.
Amaphoyisa athwebule izithombe zabashayeli abaningi bephakamise amafoni emizimbeni yabo amakhamera agqokwe ngesikhathi besebenza endaweni yesigameko esibi ku-M25 ngoMeyi 13.
Owesilisa uphuthunyiswe esibhedlela ngemuva kokuthi isithuthuthu sakhe sibandakanyeke ekushayisaneni ne-Tesla eluhlaza okwesibhakabhaka kumgwaqo wenqola ophambene newashi lomgwaqo ophakathi kwenhlukana 9 no-8.
Bonke ababanjwe bethatha izithombe yithimba uzonikezwa amaphuzu ayisithupha kanye nenhlawulo ka-£200.
Ukusebenzisa iselula, ithebhulethi nanoma iyiphi enye idivayisi engathumela futhi yamukele idatha ngenkathi ushayela noma ugibele isithuthuthu akukho emthethweni, ngisho noma idivayisi ingaxhunyiwe ku-inthanethi. Umthetho uyasebenza uma abashayeli bevaleleke emgwaqeni noma bemiswe irobhothi elibomvu.
Okuhlukile kwenziwa lapho umshayeli edinga ukushayela u-999 noma u-112 esimweni esiphuthumayo futhi kungaphephile noma akwenzeki ukuma, lapho epakwe ngokuphephile, noma uma enza inkokhelo ngaphandle kokuthintwa emotweni engahambi, njengokuthi endaweni yokudlela yokushayela.
Amadivayisi we-hands-free angasetshenziswa inqobo nje uma engabanjwa noma kunini.
Lisa, ophethe ukuphepha emgwaqeni enhliziyweni yoHlelo lwakhe Lwamaphoyisa Nobugebengu futhi muva nje umemezele ukuthi usengumholi omusha kuzwelonke amaphoyisa emigwaqweni nezokuthutha zeNhlangano Yamaphoyisa kanye Nokhomishana Bobugebengu, uthe: “Phakathi nalesi sigameko, uphiko lwethu lwe-Roads Policing olumangalisayo lusebenza endaweni yengozi eholele kulimale kabi umshayeli wesithuthuthu.
'Kubeka izimpilo engcupheni'
“Akukholakali ukuthi abanye abashayeli bebedlula kulayini ongaphesheya bekhiphe amafoni ukuze bathwebule izithombe nama-video esigameko.
“Lokhu kuyicala, futhi kwaziwa kahle ukuthi abashayeli abakwazi ukubamba amafoni abo ezandleni uma beshayela – kuwukuziphatha okumangazayo kobugovu okubeka izimpilo zabantu engcupheni.
“Ngaphandle kwengozi abayidalile, angiqondi ukuthi yini egqugquzela umuntu ukuthi aqophe izithombe ezihlukumeza kangaka.
“Laba bashayeli bazokwenza kahle bazikhumbuze ukuthi umuntu ulimele kabi. Ukushayisana akuwona umbukiso oseceleni ojabulisayo we-TikTok, kodwa izehlakalo zangempela, ezihlukumezayo ezingashintsha izimpilo unomphela.
“Wonke umshayeli owenze lokhu kufanele azizwe enamahloni kakhulu ngaye.”