So, we are all agreed that policing by camera doesn't work (see yesterday's blog) so here we have the government wading in again. Apparently, transport secretary Geoff Hoon has said traditiona
This is not the way to enforce road safety standards. New Government figures reveal traffic police are offically a dying breed – with some forces slashing patrols by up to 84 per cent. The Depa
...he main issue I have had since day one is the sheer injustice of camera enforcement. “Cameras are just Government cash machines by the roadside. They make something like £120 million a y...
...d! Doomed, I tell you!! Here's the failure story.... Labour transport policy 'failing' The government accepts there is more traffic on the roads than 10 years ago. Ten years of gove...
...n deserves to do well. http://petitions.number10.gov.uk/averagespeedtax/ This is what his petition says: The Government plans to approve Average Speed Cameras for general usage and to replace existin...
...indon. This came after a change to the way fixed-point cameras were funded. Mr Greenhalgh objected to central Government receiving the cash from fines while Swindon Council had to pay for the upkeep o...
What on earth is this country coming to? This government is doing everything it can to control every aspect of our lives. I couldn't put this better myself. This is from another Forum I watch... J
...or Motorists Against Detection – said: “The only people benefiting from this new scam will be the government , the police, the Speed Camera Partnerships and the technology and maintenance c...
...pen when that plank Blunkett brought them in. They were always going to have a bigger role than the two-faced Government said they would. So let's keep our eyes peeled because I'm telling you...
... We are now - at 40% - the most taxed country in Europe. And that's no easy boast to be proud of. With a Government so shallow and not averse to making populist moves, I still don't understan...
Another day and another data loss for the Government . This is just incredible. They just don't get it. Thousands of criminals' details on a memory stick is taken out, unencrypted, to be lost
...ops stationed in Iraq and Afghanistan is wrapped up in the woolly expression 'the War on Terror' (our Government is one of the world's biggest terrorists, scaring the living crap out of th...
...are of an age or have a good English recent-history background but I understand that the last time the Labour Government was in charge when these sort of stunts were being pulled, Harold Wilson was in...
Yet again the reputation of the British civil servant lies in tatters after some very top secret Government Joint Intelligence Committee paperwork regarding our friends - or should I say 'the enem
... killed two boys. Without wanting to prejudice any trial it was a case of rank stupidity. And I believe the Government have blood on their hands in this issue because if they weren't relying on ...
... from the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT) provide the first hard evidence of the impact the Government 's controversial changes to vehicle excise duty (VED). The changes - which ...
...;t increasing, Britain's temperature will cool over the next few years. We can't say that because the Government says the climate change argument is a 'closed book'. Is that because we...
... cost £1,740,000. The cost of the machines will be met through the grant the partnership receives from Government - funded in part by revenue from its existing cameras. Last year it issued fin...
...iers, Driving instructors the list goes on. Everyone should be concerned about the rise in pump prices. This Government is fleecing us and we have to make ourselves heard. Do something! Visit the Fue...
...on Brown has urged oil industry leaders to come up with ideas for improving supplies as fuel costs soar. The government has announced moves to increase North Sea oil production, but Energy Minister M...
...ists Against Detection, said: "The ill-fated speed camera programme is nothing but a money maker for the government , police and the local authorities. "The only people who benefit apart fro...
...rry drivers have staged a protest at the rising cost of fuel, at the same time as speculation mounted about a government rethink on road tax. The drivers protested in London and a two-mile line of lo...
The government is coming under mounting pressure from hauliers and its own MPs to change its mind on measures that threaten to raise the cost of driving. The Labour MPs say poorer motorists will suff
...eading member of Transaction 2007, who is helping to organise the protest, said: "Fuel is rocketing. The Government has the power to act but appears not to be listening. Hundreds of UK transport ...
Captain Gatso says: Think people are pissed off with this Government now? Wait until the road tax soars in price next year. THEN you'll see angry motorists. The RAC Foundation has called on the G
... hoping to find some evdience once they get inside. This could happen to you. I'd just like to remind the Government and the police that we don't live in a police state - yet. And, furthermore...
... Nantwich by-election is a massive result for everyone in this country. A 17% swing is a wake-up call for the Government to sit up and take notice. People are just sick and tired over what is going on...
The Government has made £15million in the past five years by selling the names and addresses of more than six million motorists to wheel clampers and car park operators. Nearly 70 private firms
...ra." Captain Gatso, campaigns director of the Motorists Against Detection (MAD) group, said: "This government has chosen to enforce the law through roadside cash machines. Clearly they are ...
I notice that this Government has done a u-turn on the classification of cannabis. This is just political posturing. You can call these drugs a, b or c - it doesn't matter because the punter who
