운전 중 핸드폰 사용자를 노리는 황당한 범죄
운전 중 핸드폰 사용자를 노리는 황당한 범죄
This is World News Tonight brought to you by HYUNDAI SONATA. And we have one more item from the BBC this morning. It seems they’re having some of the same problems as we do when it comes to ~에 관해 말하자면 driving and cell phones. This is the story of a vigilante <범죄에 대한 보복 등> 사적인 제재를 가하는 사람 who’s taking it on himself to ~할 것을 떠맡다 punish those who drive while chatting it up. Jon Brain at the BBC has more.
Rebecca Rendall, young mother and one of the latest victims of the so-called Mobile Slasher. All 4 tires of her car were punctured <타이어 등이> 펑크 나다, 못쓰게 되다 and an ominous 불길한, 나쁜 징조의 note left on her windshields 자동차 앞<전면>유리. It read: “Warning. You have been seen driving with your mobile phone.” she believes, whoever did this, followed her home. “I think that must’ve been the only way they could’ve found out where I lived and the fact, I mean, the worst of it is… I don’t actually own a mobile phone.”
Martin Rowe and Andy Taylor are also victims of the mystery vigilante. The scaffolders 비계<발판>을 만드는 사람들 have the tires of their van slashed 깊이 베다 twice in 2 days. Around 20 motorists in the area have now been targeted in a similar fashion. Police admit they’re baffled 당혹하게 하다, 좌절시키다 as to the identity and the motive of the vandal 고의 또는 무지에 의한 공공<사유>재산의 파괴자. One theory is that it could be someone who’s been involved in an accident caused by a driver using a mobile.
Safety campaigners say it’s highlighted 눈에 띄게 하다, 강조하다 the right issue, but in the wrong way. “In fact, slashed tires can be a hazard 위험 on the road as well, but we can fully understand the frustrations of people who see people driving along using their mobile phones all the time when it’s such a danger on the roads.”
It’s been illegal to use one of these at the wheel 핸들을 잡다, 운전하다 for more 2 and a half years now, but it’s debatable whether the message has got through to ~에게 ~을 이해시키다 motorists. We’ve been at this road junction 도로 교차점 for little more than 10 minutes and already we’ve seen numerous instances of the law being flatted <시도 따위가> 실패로 끝나다. But the police insist there’s no excuse for anyone taking the law into their own hands 임의로 제재를 가하다 and say the vigilante must be caught before anyone else becomes a target. Jon Brain, BBC News.