The war on the motorist continues

Two small articles re the war on the motorist caught my eye today.

1) Under the gusie of a positive headline "Speed bumps: the beginning of the end?" The telegraph is really reporting that:

"Councils will be allowed to introduce the (20mph) 'go-slow' zones without also having to install traffic calming measures such as the 'sleeping policeman'. "

You can read more about these 20mph zones here, awful & dangerous idea.

2) I read that:

"Motorists in some regions of Britain are twelve times more likely to be given speeding fines and points on their licence than in other areas, according to new research which highlights a "postcode lottery" of motoring prosecutions. "

Of course the truth is that

"The Government has been accused of "milking'' motorists to raise £88 million a year with little improvement in road safety.
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Overall, drivers have been fined almost £1 billion for speeding offences in the past decade, and there has been a thirteen-fold increase in the number of tickets issued by some police forces. "

But hidden away is this lovely thought of what is to come:

"Meanwhile, the number of speed cameras across Britain is about to rise. At least six new models, which will take digital pictures and link to a control centre, are set to be approved by the Home Office."

And so motorists will continue to be treated as cash cows regardless of which party is in power.