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"Adrian" <spamtrap@achapman.freeisp.co.uk> wrote in message
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> >> Perhaps you would like a new law that prosecutes when your drunk, but
> >> only over the speed limit? If your drunk and under the speed limit,
> >> your perfectly safe.
>
> > I said that where?
>
> But that's what we've got.

Don't be silly.

Police resources, especially in Cambs, are spread thinly. By using something
like a camera system, they can catch a larger proportion of people breaking
the law, but that doesn't mean that they can't also do other things to catch
people breaking other laws.

> > That the mobile cameras pick out people visibly and obviously breaking
> > the law is clearly a good thing.
>
> But they *DON'T*

They do. They pick out people who are speeding, which is a contributory
factor in a huge proportion of accidents.

> > That they're only part of how traffic laws ought to be enforced is
> > obvious.
>
> Ought, yes. Unfortunately, they aren't.
>
> It's treating one small symptom, while encouraging the disease of bad
> driving to spread more generally.

So write to your chief constable and ask for the police to do more of other
things too. That they're cracking down on speeding doesn't mean that you
can't do that. And that they're cracking down on speeding doesn't mean that
they're encouraging people to break other laws.

> > The mobile cameras don't prevent people being done for drunk driving.
>
> No, but the complete lack of police on patrol does.

So write to your chief constable and ask for other patrols too.