Make the law fair
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Few drivers and operators would not support the Royal Automobile Club's plea for the present basis of totting up traffic offences to be replaced by a system of points taking into account the varying degrees of seriousness of different offences. It is used in other countries and is more equitable than the arbitrary British system. This is one of the club's excellent recommendations to the Royal Commission on criminal procedure.
The RAC and AA seem to be in general agreement on a number of desirable reforms in the interests of justice. A point made by the AA is that driving offences that cause danger should be the subject of prosecution, whereas those that do not should be dealt with by fixed penalty, although the accused would have the right to a court hearing if desired.
This would help to reduce the load on the courts and avoid the pernicious situation in which motoring cases are heard several months after the alleged offence and everyone's memory of it has faded and become confused.