It occurs to all of us when we are driving on a road and see a puddle on the side; the overwhelming urge to drive right through it as fast as possible just to splash the water as high as we can.
This is what happened to a driver as he saw a puddle of standing water. Unfortunately, someone who appeared to be a police officer was walking dangerously close to it.
The action was purposefully caught on camera by the person sitting in the passenger seat. The video was shared on a Facebook page named Britain’s Most Wanted.
At the start of the video, the anonymous driver lines the car up with the “copper,” harmlessly walking down the road.
To buck up the driver, the person shooting the video instructs him to: “Go on, get him.” The driver complies with the suggestion and drives right through the puddle, drenching the cop head to toe.
To “warn” the copper of the oncoming disaster, the driver honks his horn just moments before hitting the water to which the policeman responds by seeing towards the car and having short eye contact with the driver.
For obvious reasons, the police guy is not very pleased with the act the driver pulled off. But the car sped away giving the poor cop no time to take any action.
However, some of the cars coming behind the said driver slowed down as the cop threw his hat down to check if he was alright. No one tried to chase or otherwise stop the splashing car.
It is not fully clear if the affected person was a real cop or not but splashing is a criminal offence and can have serious consequences if the driver is caught.
Normally, a driver caught for purposefully splashing someone can receive a fine of $150 along with three penalty points, and the fine can be as much as $7,000 in some cases.
The Road Traffic Act 1988 states that a driver can be charged with “careless and inconsiderate driving” for driving a “mechanically propelled vehicle on a road or other public place without due care and attention, or without reasonable consideration for other persons using the road or place.”
Pete Williams, a road safety spokesperson from the RAC spoke to The Independent about the issue, saying: “Anyone unfortunate enough to have suffered a drenching by an inconsiderate motorist splashing them when driving through a puddle would probably welcome a sizable financial penalty for the driver.
“If… they refuse [the notice], then they will face a magistrate who could impose a fine up to £5,000, although the maximum is very unlikely.”
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