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Originally Posted by ian@huth
A traffic policeman once told me that in many cases they prosecute drivers for speeeding not so much because they are speeding but because they are not concentrating on driving enough to have seen the road traffic car with its police insignia.
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So now we have psychic policemen, who know WHY people are speeding? Pity they can't put their psychic powers to use and prevent more crime, ideally by turning up around the time an incident happens as opposed to hours or even days later?
Here's a gripe, let's see how you argue this one: I object to mobile camera vans being parked within 100 yards of GATSOs, on the basis that the GATSOs have been effective enough to make drivers slow down (which I thought was the purpose?), but the police still want to catch speeding motorists.
Why? Well, a GATSO costs how much? Let's say £20k. A mobile van costs how much? Say £30k including equipment. That works out at, say 2 Police officer salaries. Therefore we have effectively tied up 3 officers AND a GATSO, when the GATSO is doing the job perfectly well. And the biggest gripe of all is when you try to call the police to an incident, they are "too busy... under-staffed... engaged on more important crimes". Please evaluate and justify that one for me?