On Apr 25, 3:07*pm, Tom Crispin
wrote:
New guidelines issued to the Metropolitan police means that motorists
can openly flout many highway code rules without risk of the police
taking any action other than a word in their ear.

You know perfectly well that it's nothing like that. Motorists will
nearly always now be fined for every little infringement, however
minor and with no discretion whatsoever, due to the presence of
council cameras. Like with parking, the whole thing will now be about
taking as much money from motorists as possible, and the original aims
of the laws (keeping traffic moving and road users safe) will be of no
concern whatsoever to the councils.

Additionally, uninsured, unlicensed and drunk drivers will now get
away with it *even more* than they already do because the police will
be stopping even fewer people. As usual with remote enforcement, only
those who register their cars and use their own cars will have
anything to worry about. It's a bloody disgrace.

This is yet more bad news for mainly law-abiding motorists, and yet
another stealth tax (how nice during this economic climate), and
doubtless the car-haters here are jumping for joy, even while
pretending to be indignant that motorists will now have it "easier".