Originally Posted by Gary L

Public sympathy might be quite thin when others are losing their jobs, having whatever money they have took off them in the way of fines issued by the police.
imagining that the police force's main role today is policing and fining drivers, and not so much looking after the public.
knowing that summer brings all the police out, and winter keeps them indoors.
above all that. everyone is too busy thinking of themselves now to be too concerned for others.