Madam, - Every time I read of a new law it makes me smile. A law is only good if it's enforced. The other day I was within a hair's breadth of being knocked down by an idiot driving at speed turning into Fleet Street, Dublin while having an animated conversation on his mobile phone. He didn't see me until his car brushed my knee and hardly paused in his conversation.
I'm middle-aged, but obviously fitter than I thought; otherwise I'd be in hospital now, and he would get a rap on the knuckles or a pittance fine. Several people witnessed the incident and two men tried to get his number but failed as he sailed right on.
Had I been older, or younger, who knows what might have happened?
And how often have you read of anyone being fined for driving while using a mobile phone? - Yours, etc.,
ANNE FIGGIS,
Orwell Park View,
Templeogue,
Dublin 6W.