Smith1776 wrote: ↑Sat May 30, 2020 8:57 pm
I have a confession. Given my recent ticketing fiasco at the hands of the local police, I get a strange sense of satisfaction seeing everyday citizens fighting the police. I'm awful, I know.
I wouldn't feel too bad. Way back when I was young the local parking inspector would give children a ride up the Main Street on the back of his scooter and go into shops to warn people who were parked at expired meters, rather than just giving a ticket.
Local police were respected and were reasonable in enforcing laws. Unfortunately they have become almost a paramilitary arm of the tax office over the decades. We now have speed cameras, red light cameras, bus lane cameras, vehicle separation cameras and fines for almost everything.
Unfortunately this will get worse as our economy deteriorates....
Tiberius — 'It is the duty of a good shepherd to shear his sheep, not to skin them.'
https://www.armstrongeconomics.com/worl ... s-in-cars/