Woman is filmed watching a martial arts movie on a mobile phone attached to her windscreen as she drives along a busy motorway
- The driver was spotted on the M4 near Newport, south Wales, on Wednesday
- A phone fixed onto the car's windscreen can clearly be seen playing a movie
- The father-of-two who filmed it said it was a 'particularly tricky' stretch of road
A woman has been filmed watching a martial arts movie on her mobile phone as she drives along a busy motorway.
Software engineer Adric Marsh spotted the driver enjoying the film on the M4 near Newport, south Wales, on Wednesday afternoon.
The phone, which is fixed to a holder on the car's windscreen, clearly displays moving pictures for the duration of Mr Marsh's 20-second clip.
The father-of-two said the woman risked causing an accident on a 'particularly tricky' part of the motorway near a tunnel.
The phone, which is fixed to a holder on the car's windscreen, clearly displays moving pictures for the duration of the 20-second clip
Mr Marsh, 35, from Newport, said: 'It was frightening. There was no-one else in the car. There can only be one reason for that film being on, and that's because the driver wanted to watch it.
'It's got to be driving without due care and attention. If you're watching a movie, there's no way you're watching the road.
'It's a particularly tricky part of the motorway as it is. You've got two lanes going into the tunnel up ahead, one going left, and lots of cars switching lanes.
'It's a miracle she didn't cause a pile-up. This isn't the same as glancing at your sat-nav. Watching a film takes concentration. It shouldn't be happening behind a wheel.
'If you turned up to do your driving test and told the instructor: 'I'm just going to pop a film on my phone here,' you'd fail, and rightly so.
'I was in the passenger seat and my mate Gwyn turned to me and said: 'You've got to record this, that woman's watching a film'.
'We weren't close enough to see exactly what it was but I took a few pictures and zoomed in. It looked like an action movie or some sort of martial arts scene.
Mr Marsh was making his way home from Bristol when he spotted the dopey driver near junction 25 of the westbound M4 at around 4.30pm last Wednesday
Mr Marsh, 35, from Newport, said: 'It was frightening. There was no-one else in the car'
'I thought it was a dashcam at first, then I thought it must be for other people to watch. But she was 100 per cent on her own. It couldn't have been on for anyone's purpose other than hers.'
Mr Marsh was making his way home from Bristol when he spotted the dopey driver near junction 25 of the westbound M4 at around 4.30pm last Wednesday.
He said that although traffic was queuing because the road was busy, the driver did reach speeds of more than 50mph with the film still clearly being played.
Mr Marsh said: 'It was pretty reckless. We were in the middle lane because we were about to go into the tunnel and we lost her soon after that.
'It's an accident waiting to happen. It's just common sense not to watch a film when you're driving. I can't understand how someone thinks that's acceptable.
'It's only a matter of time before she, or someone doing something similarly stupid, causes a serious crash.'
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