Keeping your cool while driving is one of the most underrated things in the world. And if you drive on Indian roads, you should be given an award just for managing to do so without tearing your hair apart. No matter how much you've abused and screamed at your fellow drivers or under your breath, there is one golden rule you know – you never abuse the cops. 

A company director living in the UK learned this the hard way. The 67-year-old, who drives a Range Rover, was caught showing the middle finger to speed cameras while driving past them. This happened not once, but three times. Someone was having too many bad days, we guess. 

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The man goes by the name of Timothy Hill and had already fitted a laser jammer in his car, thinking he could get away without being spotted by the law. And he could have, only if he hadn't been smug enough to show the middle finger to the cameras. 

Before he knew it, he had caught the attention of the traffic cops – it's not every day that they experience being given the middle fingers by riders. “If you want to attract our attention, repeatedly gesturing at police camera vans with your middle finger while you're driving a distinctive car fitted with a laser jammer is an excellent way to do it.” Traffic constable Andrew Forth was quoted by The Metro. 

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Mr Hill was noticed for his wild gesture and the cops used his photographs to locate him, despite his laser jammer and the private number on his car. When the cops came for him, he had already thrown away the jammer in a river near behind home. But in a classic case of whodunit, the cops retrieved the jammer from the river and Mr Hill was arrested. He got a jail term of 8 months. 

Considering how we here in India resort to abusing the hell out of everything on the road, this seems rather unbelievable to our ears that are used to hearing all sorts of abuses on our way to office.