Are The Police Neglecting Traffic Law Enforcement?

[ToraToraTora]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-31260003
It seems they are mostly relying on cameras.

[retrocop]

Most definitely. Most of the several Police Traffic Garages in the Met area have long since close over the last 15 years or so. You can still see drivers ,as an every day occurrence around here, on their mobiles. I might see one Police solo in a month whereas certain Traffic Garages would usually field at least 8-10 each shift as well as several Traffic Accident Cars and Specially Equipped Traffic Accident Cars. The general standard of driving is appalling as well as a result of cut backs.

[bednobs]

the police can't win - people moan if they crack down on traffic (what, no murderers to catch?) and moan if they don't

[ToraToraTora]

There has been an almost religious like pursuit of speeders of late to the extent that the authorities seem to have forgotten that there are other offences!

[Old_Geezer]

It's not so much a case of neglecting as such, it's that they pass responsibility onto the tech because that's an easy way to grab convictions without the need to apply human judgement and proceed appropriate to the circumstances.

By neglecting actual involvement one can still generate lots of income as fines, make the lives of decent folk who have just gone over some arbitrary limit miserable, and pat themselves on the back for holding up the letter of the law rather than supporting a humane justice system. The masses are just there to be cowed/controlled after all , society isn't their for their benefit, they are there to do as they are told, and the tech achieves that.

What is really needed is less tech issuing automatic punishments, more human interaction & judging of the correct course of action, and indeed also an acceptance that a deliberate act of, say, murder, is more important than catching the minor transgressor who isn't harming anyone.