'traffic Wombles' could be coming to your area soon

beamerguy

Drivers may be fined by civilians dubbed the 'traffic Wombles':

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4170068/Radical-shake-traffic-policing.html

Let's hope they don't give a appeals service to the Village Idiots
we see on here

The_Deep

I do not see a problem. There will no doubt be a proper appeal regime put in place.

beamerguy

The_Deep wrote: »

I do not see a problem. There will no doubt be a proper appeal regime put in place.

Highly likely but shame Marcus Jones MP does not do this so quickly for the private parking scammers

AltheHibby

If a Police traffic car tries to stop me and I drive off they can follow me as they are highly trained professionals. Highways officers aren't. The answer is more traffic cops.

I know it's a simplistic answer, but the best aid to road safety is a traffic cop �� with the sense and experience to know when to take action and when to educate.

twhitehousescat

local enforcement currently by private firm , profit , profit etc etc

Highways officers salary paid for by whom?

ElefantEd

There are a lot of 'possibly's and 'maybe's in that report. And don't forget:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5eBT6OSr1TI

Half_way

Reading between the lines a bit ( and with the daily mail you need to do that by quite some margin) this could be something along the lines of community speedwatch, where volunteers in the community ( usually retired so and so's) have a little bit of training and are then armed with a clipboard, camera, pen and speed gun to catch drivers speeding in their community. The speeding drivers then get a letter in the post from the police telling them off and not much else.
One of these Community speedwatch teams made the news a while back, as they were catching too many and the Police told them to stop it.

fisherjim

I am very wary of people that seem to aspire to a certain official post or job, but aren't quite the calibre or what ever, then feel the need to prove themselves.