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Article: Hear all sides
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- The Northern Echo
- Article date:
- October 13, 2009
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MOTORING
POLITICIANS will soon be after our votes, but some respect for
millions of drivers is overdue.
We've contributed more than [pounds]400bn to public funds since
1997, but haven't had the service we've paid for.
Laws are now so complicated that official bodies have to refund
millions for improperly-levied motoring fines and parking penalties.
Yet new government rules will land heavy costs on many innocent
drivers who successfully challenge prosecutions that should never
have been brought.
"Trial by camera" is error-prone, and overlooks the fact that
most accidents are not caused by speed. Instead, we need more police
patrols which can catch drunk and drugged drivers.
Instead of wasting ...