Instant fines
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Some of the worst driving' in Britain can be seen most days on the M2 London to Dover road. This is especially true on Fridays on the south-bound carriageway as Continental drivers, especially Frenchmen, get their heavy clogs down and belt for the ferry terminal.
Last week I had one of these camion chauffeurs up my exhaust pipe in the two-lane section of the motorway for too many miles. Even had I been able to let him pass he could only have got into the position in front of me. What was infuriating was his nasty habit of giving me the full benefit of his headlights, and at 10am this was not necessary.
Anyway, it got me thinking: How can our courts deal with speeding and bad driving by cross-Channel Europeans, especially on their way out of Britain?
The answer is: They can't. After all you can hardly keep them in "clink" till the case comes up.
So what about instant fines for foreigners with no British address? And since their standard of living, according to them, is so much better than ours let's make the fines hurt. Say about £5 a mile for every mile over the speed limit and the maximum that the law allows.
Does that sound vicious? Well, if they're not going to break the law, what have they got to fear?