Can community-sponsored traffic enforcement initiates go too far"
And where does the money go when it comes to said traffic enforcement" 
Geoff Maxted of DriveWrite Automotive Magazine examines in this latest Letter.

Here in the UK, we have a term for people who write to internet forums, newspapers or their local representatives anonymously; we refer to them as ?Disgusted of Tunbridge Wells.? Royal Tunbridge Wells is a town in the English county of Kent and the ?Disgusted? handle stems from an apocryphal story that this was where the first such letter emanated, way back in time. Usually, these writers are not brave enough to give their name yet are often ?horrified and disgusted? about something specific, perhaps important to them but far less so to the rest of us. Dropping litter, for example, to all reasonable people is unpleasant but to some it is a matter of life and death.
Like Dogs With Bones
At this stage, reader, you are probably wondering when this writer is going to get to how this is relevant to automotive issues. Soon, very soon, is the answer, but the point of this is to highlight the fact that once some people get a hold of an issue they are like dogs with bones. They just won?t let it go. Single emotive issues tend to polarise opinion and a sort of swivel-eyed mania takes over those so afflicted. This is especially noticeable here right now, thanks to Britain?s exit from the European Union which has caused a base level of ?us and them? nastines...