I read in our local paper today that the police have been carrying out a campaign to catch vehicle owners with over-tinted windows, windows in cars that don't let in the requisite amount of light.
It looked suspiciously to me as if the local police authority has been sold some equipment and they are determined to use it. The piece contained a quote about the percentage of accidents which occurred where drivers could just not see. What it didn't contain is a statement giving the percentage of accidents caused by drivers who could not see because their windows were tinted beyond the permissable level. Let's face it, that's what is really important.
Don't get me wrong. I do not have an argument with the police doing their job. But I do have an argument when the local constabulary pleads - as it does on an annual basis - to having not enough resources even to communicate with the local Neighbourhood Watch coordinator.
I don't know about you but I would prefer my scarce resources, my contribution to the police authority budget, to be spent on the reduction of crime in the community and therefore the fear of crime, not the reduction of tint and the fear of over-tinted windows.
