Woman films driving with toddler in car, posts it live on Facebook

A woman has been slammed by road safety campaigners for filming at the wheel with a child in the back.

Campaigners said that the young woman, who according to the Daily Mail is from Edinburgh, reportedly could have been handed a huge 60 licence points for her driving in the video, which is just 12 minutes long.

In the clip, which was streamed live on Facebook, the female driver can be seen picking up her phone on a number of occasions. She appears to be driving without a seatbelt on, and passes a drink to a child in the back - who also appears to be riding without a seatbelt and can be seen moving along the back seat. 

A baby can be seen on the seat next to her in a rear-facing chair. 

A Facebook user reported the video after it appeared online. 

An RAC road safety spokesman told the Daily Mail: 'Any law-abiding driver will be shocked by this video.

"The driver is clearly a road safety nightmare and an accident waiting to happen. 

"The video captures so many illegal mobile phone activities from texting at the wheel to a full-on video call and is a stark illustration of how distracting a phone can be by absorbing all of her focus when clearly she should be concentrating on the road ahead.

"You cannot help but be nauseated by the blatant lack of regard for her own child's safety.

"It begs the question whether the new tougher penalties for using a handheld phone at the wheel are sufficient and whether the message will ever get through to hard core users who consider themselves to be beyond the reach of the law."

The woman has not been identified from the video.