Scotland. Alert over mobile phone 'chicken'

According to the BBC, the Scottish police have issued a warning after children were seen playing "chicken" with traffic on a busy main road and filming themselves on mobile phones.

This follows the previous craze of dangerous and illicit road races filmed with cameraphones:

-- Rebels Without A Cause in Saudia Arabia captured by cameraphones - Young people illegally road racing in the Middle East and how spectators gather to catch the races and crashes on their videophones.

-- Young drivers are posting footage of themselves on the internet racing through busy streets - he craze has been sweeping the US, Japan, The Middle Eastand police have promised a crackdown before it takes hold in the UK.

emily | 2:21 PM | How people and businesses are using cameraphones |
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