‘Unreliable’

Dear Editor:

RE: Wants photo radar, Nov. 19.

The problem with that system is that it requires a lot of maintenance. It’s true they have a lot of them in Europe, but many of them don’t work. Also, the activation threshold of many units still allows drivers to go 10  over.

These machines also are not capable of detecting illegal tampering of exhaust systems. What we need is “boots on the ground” and this will require increased police funding.

I feel that our council in general is not appreciating the seriousness of the problem, which has been slowly escalating over the years, and they are attempting to placate us with questionable and unreliable data collection.

Malcolm McCulloch, Fergus