SIR - In reply to David Rhodes (T&A, January 5) the matter of using mobile phones while driving being criminalised is a debatable point.
My point was that it seems harsh that a perfectly honest person, with an impeccable record, could have their lives changed by one moment of thoughtfulness.
Some time ago another regular correspondent found fault with my views on the Human Rights Act.
It would appear that a Crown Court judge has got very strong views on the subject.
In one national newspaper recently appeared the headline "Judge: Human Rights Law is Barking Mad."
It would appear an inmate of HMP Camp Hill on the Isle of Wight would not leave his prison cell to attend court. The judge stated that he assumed they would be scooped up by a burly prison warden and dumped in the back of a van.
The Human Rights Act was brought about in good faith to protect people the world over from terrible abuse, but sadly, as I stated long ago, it would be open to great misuse and I fear this is just the small tip of a very large iceberg.
Terry Tordoff, Calderstone Avenue, Buttershaw
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