Out on my bike the other day and just a fraction away from being hit by a car exiting a side road. It was a lady driver who was clearly using her hand-held 'phone, she did stop to say sorry.
Got me thinking, if that had been a bloke, I could have cursed and heaped any amount of abuse and opprobrium at him without any repercussion. But, with a woman (who's 'phone could have been in record mode?), what could I say without being reported to the police for misogyny, a gender issue, being offensive or using threatening behaviour? The maximum would probably be "Please take more care madam".
In today's policing world, offending a person probably takes precedence over careless driving.