THIS morning on the way to work I fantasised that I was Mad Max on a campaign of destruction. Only I was Mad Di in my green Citroen C1 – fondly known as Little Olive.

In my fantasy, I’m dressed in army fatigues – heaving bosom barely contained – and with wild hair flying, while driving Little Olive at 95mph into the back of a black Audi containing four men.

Not once, but three times, I ram the car before the punks throw open the doors and run screaming for their lives.

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The reason for my ire was the fact that the Audi driver, who was coasting along in the middle lane of the M65, seemed to be putting his feet on the brakes every few seconds, and only one of his brake lights worked.

Convinced it was a very elderly person or someone having a heart attack, I overtook to discover that he was texting at 65mph on a motorway.

What’s more it was the second time it had happened and it wasn’t even 8.30am. As I set off from home, a young woman – again in a black Audi – was tailgating me. I’d got her number – “make my day” I mouthed as I eyeballed her in my rear view mirror. And that’s when I realised that she wasn’t intending to intimidate me but was, in fact, texting.

And these are not isolated incidents. Over the weekend, I scowled at a woman, who was texting while driving on a main road with three kids in the back of the car. What can be so important as to risk the lives of your kids?

According to the stats, five seconds is the average time your eyes are off the road while texting. At 55mph, that’s enough time to cover the length of a football field or cause carnage on a motorway or main road.

Reaching for a phone, dialling, texting and other uses of portable devices increases the risk of being involved in a crash by three times.

In 2007, the Crown Prosecution Service announced that where a driver is charged with texting whilst driving, it will seek to prosecute for dangerous driving. If convicted, a driver can be imprisoned for up to two years, fined an unlimited amount, and banned from driving for at least a year. If the driver causes death by dangerous driving, he can be imprisoned for up to 14 years and will be banned from driving for at least two years.

And if you’re doing it in East Lancashire and the police don’t catch you, be very afraid of a mad blonde in an olive-coloured C1. You’ll be begging for 14 years in the clink.