I'm not convinced that they are.
Who has been booked for driving at 34 mph on a 30 limit dual carriageway?
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I've gone over this so many times I'm becoming weary of it. However.............. There is not a police force in the land that has anywhere near sufficient resources to effectively tackle the ever increasing crime and social disorder in this land. Because of this, Chief Officers are doing precisely what you suggest they should do - they are prioritising, and concentrating their efforts and resources where they think they will have the most beneficial effect. In most forces that has resulted in a reduction in the number of traffic officers and a consequent increase in the number of 'general duties' officers who can be tasked with tackling crime and anti-social behaviour. The fact that we have a reduction in traffic officers, and a consequent reduction in the ability to tackle tail-gating, drink driving etc. does not mean that the authorities should abandon all efforts at promoting road safety. If there is technology available to automate the detection of certain offences, such as speeding and red-light jumping, then it should be used - and that is precisely what is happening. There is this mbuttive misapprehension that because thousands of drivers are being booked for speeding, this means that the police are 'concentrating' on speeders. They aren't - it's just that the means of detecting the offence has suddenly become mbuttively more effective.
Kev
