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On thRee recent occasions, i have seen a policeman on foot. you won’t be so happy to hear they were all operating mobile speed cameras.

Why is it that when the police are criticised for not tackling shopliftin­g and burglaries, they still have the resources to target motorists for committing minor offences such as driving at 36 mph in a 30 mph area at a time of day when there is little traffic? it couldn’t be because such ‘crimes’ are easy to detect and prosecute, and we end up having to pay a fine.

i challenge any motorist to say they watch their speedomete­r so closely they have never exceeded a speed limit.

According to the RAC, almost 1.2 million motorists attended speed awareness courses in 2017 — almost a million more than in 2010.

Such treatment of motorists only causes resentment.

nicking motorists driving safely, but marginally above the limit, is cynical and unworthy of the police.

MERVYN CLARK, Crewkerne, Somerset.

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