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British police are [prosecuting / persecuting] four motorists for slowing down on a busy highway to take photos of a crash [scenery / scene] . It will be the first time for [drivers / driving] in Britain to face prosecution for "rubbernecking" – the [pact / act] of looking back at a [grisly / grossly] scene, usually while driving a car. The four rubberneckers slowed down to [slap / snap] shots of a crash on the [another / other] side of the road. Drivers behind them were forced to [brake / break] to avoid hitting the rubberneckers. Police at the scene said the photo-taking motorists had been "acting irresponsibly" in slowing down to use their mobile phones to take photos. They will be [charged / charging] with driving without due care and attention and without [reasonable / reasoned] consideration for other road users.

Police officer Shelley Holloway spoke to [journalists / journos] about the incident. She said: "Thankfully nobody was injured in the [collusion / collision] . However the actions of several motorists who [driven / drove] through the scene showed no [regards / regard] for their own or of other people’s [safety / safely] , as they used their mobile phones to record or video the [wrecked / wreckage] as they passed. In doing so, they were not in [proper / prosper] control of their vehicle. They slowed down causing motorists behind them to brake or take [invasive / evasive] action and slow the flow of traffic that was already heavily [congested / ingested] ." She added that: "One of the causes of serious injury and fatal collisions is the use of mobile telephones." She [urged / purged] motorists to lock their phones away when driving.