Splashing comes under Section 3 of the England Road
Traffic Act 1988, and can be punished through a fixed penalty notice.

Drenched pedestrians have complained to
police after being splashed by motorists driving
through puddles, figures reveal.

Upset walkers across England and Wales have
contacted police forces and accused drivers of
swerving deliberately to drive through standing
water.

Some even said police officers were among the
perpetrators.
A number of motorists were traced and given
driving advice, while a handful of others could
not be tracked down.

The details of those who have been
investigated were released by police forces to
the Press Association following a Freedom of
Information request.
Six police forces had details on splashing
incidents.
There were 63 reported incidents of motorists
driving through a puddle and splashing
pedestrians during a five-year period from
January 2009.
South Wales Police had 38 reported cases of
splashing, with victims as young as 10.

A police officer was forced to apologise after
driving a 4x4 through standing water, while
one pedestrian complained that a bus driver
accelerated to soak those walking on the
pavement.

A van driver was given a ticket for a public
order offence after driving "back and forth
through a large puddle to intentionally splash
pedestrians".
Another driver was spoken to after deliberately
going through a puddle to splash a walker
before laughing with a passenger.
Two motorists were involved in altercations
after being accused of splashing.
One motorist in Wrexham was injured during
an argument, while another in Rhyl was
confronted over their driving some days earlier.
Both incidents were reported to North Wales
Police in 2012.
Cumbria Police were contacted by a group of
pedestrians in November 2012 after the
walkers say they were deliberately soaked by a
car in Cockermouth.

The driver was given advice by police, and was
one of nine incidents reported to the force.
An unlucky resident in the Cotswolds,
Gloucestershire, said they were splashed "at
least five times" by drivers speeding through
puddles on one particular road.
Another said a police officer "swerved into a
puddle on purpose" to soak him.

One witness reported how a "young male
driver was swerving all along" The Knapp in
Stroud, "driving into puddles on purpose to
splash school children walking home".
It was one of 11 incidents reported to
Gloucestershire Police.
Two incidents were reported to Avon and
Somerset Police, and one was mentioned to
officers in Kent.

Mike Frisby, the Driving Instructors Association
chief examiner, said motorists have a "duty of
care" not to splash pedestrians, something
which can be "easily avoided".
He added: "It's probably not widely known by
pedestrians that they can report incidents if
they're splashed, but we don't really want to
engage in a culture where people are going to
report every little incident.

"The driver has an obligation to plan well, as
there is always a danger when driving through
a puddle because even in shallow water drivers
won't know what lurks beneath."

some motorist are splash and run. Do people go and complain to the police about splashing

Hmmm, not here in naija, where the complainant will be locked behind bars for no just cause

Complain to who for nigeria?

Kai!!big babies... in Nigeria we prepare for the unknown so we calculate either to stand aside or to jump when the water rises.
apart from that even evil drivers tend to be careful not to splash water because nobody loves to be cursed or insulted.