SM55 VTZ black car (possibly a BMW) being steered with one hand by white male driver chatting on a handheld mobile phone, High Road Leyton, this morning, 9.26 am.
Another egocentric driver cocooned in a ton of metal who is prepared to risk the lives of other road users – pedestrians, cyclists, motorcyclists, other motorists.
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