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INSPECTOR Stanley Oldfield, of Greater Manchester police traffic department, has several cogent answers for aggrieved traffic offenders who demand: "Why aren't you out catching burglars instead of harassing drivers?"
For instance, using Department of Transport figures, known accidents in the Greater Manchester police area in 1978 cost nearly E40m compared with less than £26m of thefts. In cash terms alone, quite apart from the avoidance of human suffering, accident prevention by enforcing safety laws is clearly the more worthy cause.
Police traffic patrols are also engaged in the war on crime, those in Greater Manchester arrested 2864 people for criminal offences in 1978.
So if you are caught speeding, try to be a good loser. If you had been more alert you might have seen the police officers in time to slow down.