Spiros
Well-known member
On the Left Wing said:
Police could be better employed catching the muggers, car thieves, rapists and burglars who run rife in this part of the country!
I thought that's exactly why they use cameras instead to catch law-breaking motorists.
I remember a few years back when the police had to catch speeding motorists in person, everyone used to moan that they 'should be spending their time catching real criminals'. Now that they do that - and leave the cameras to catch the speeders and traffic-light jumpers - everyone moans about that instead. The cops can't win, can they?
Sadly, because of the way they have been shafted by successive governments, the police have to use cameras for a lot of things in order to free up more time for all the forms they have to fill in.
The real problem is speed cameras on motorways - why don't they keep the cameras in place but up the limit to, say, 80mph?