If you live in the UK, with our beautiful weather, it's probably a pretty safe bet to assume you've been splashed by a car driving through a massive puddle at some point. Being covered in a shit load of dirty water is pretty annoying, and I doubt I'm the only one who has stood there screaming at the car as it drives off.
While we all know it's bellend behaviour, what you might not know is that driving through a puddle and soaking someone is illegal.
Police in Cambridgeshire have even launched an appeal for witnesses after a woman and her two children were 'soaked' by a car driving through a huge puddle, the Metro reports.
The unnamed woman and her two children - one of whom was in a pram - were walking in the Cambridgeshire town of St Ives on 4 January when they were splashed.
Police are now asking anyone with any information to come forward, adding that the driver could be fined up to £5,000, if it's found that they had done it deliberately.
A police spokesperson said: "On Thursday, January 4 around noon, a mother was with her two children, one in a pram and the other walking alongside her near the junction of Pig Lane and Greengarth in St Ives.
"Due to the poor weather a very large puddle had built up due to a blocked drain near to the junction which was half way across the road.
"It was not raining and the puddle, some 20 feet in length, could easily be seen by motorists. Unbelievably a motorist drove through the puddle causing the water to soak the three.
"The driver could well have waited to drive around the puddle or drive through it very slowly so as to not cause water to splash anyone on the footpath.
"Did you see the vehicle drive through the puddle causing the three to be soaked? Are you aware as to the vehicle/driver identity?'
Legally, drivers can be slapped with a fine of up to £5,000, as it's illegal to splash a pedestrian while driving, motorists could also be hit with a public order offence if it's found they did it deliberately.
While a hefty £5k fine is possible, it's more likely that drivers caught splashing folk will get a £100 fixed penalty notice and three penalty points.
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Source: Metro
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