JAMES Lawson (Letters, July 16) is not alone in feeling ripped off by Glasgow's bus lane fines.
But wait until you are caught by the "entrapment" variety – these are 24-hour jobs. One particular one is on the city's south side in the middle of the road before a right turn into a block of flats, which if the internet is to be believed caught a pizza delivery driver multiple times in a week before the first notice of the dreaded photograph was delivered with the easy-to-pay fine instruction attached.
Why can't the authorities have the decency – as one of the big stores I recently visited did – have the courtesy to at least give you one written warning of your infringement, since the purpose of this legislation is to deter you and keep you out of the lanes, not making an income from it and antagonising the unwary?
As an old Weegie living elsewhere, if it's any consolation I've been caught twice.
Thomas Law,
Boarhills,
Cromlech Road, Sandbank, Argyll and Bute.
Why are you making commenting on The Herald only available to subscribers?
It should have been a safe space for informed debate, somewhere for readers to discuss issues around the biggest stories of the day, but all too often the below the line comments on most websites have become bogged down by off-topic discussions and abuse.
heraldscotland.com is tackling this problem by allowing only subscribers to comment.
We are doing this to improve the experience for our loyal readers and we believe it will reduce the ability of trolls and troublemakers, who occasionally find their way onto our site, to abuse our journalists and readers. We also hope it will help the comments section fulfil its promise as a part of Scotland's conversation with itself.
We are lucky at The Herald. We are read by an informed, educated readership who can add their knowledge and insights to our stories.
That is invaluable.
We are making the subscriber-only change to support our valued readers, who tell us they don't want the site cluttered up with irrelevant comments, untruths and abuse.
In the past, the journalist’s job was to collect and distribute information to the audience. Technology means that readers can shape a discussion. We look forward to hearing from you on heraldscotland.com
Comments & Moderation
Readers’ comments: You are personally liable for the content of any comments you upload to this website, so please act responsibly. We do not pre-moderate or monitor readers’ comments appearing on our websites, but we do post-moderate in response to complaints we receive or otherwise when a potential problem comes to our attention. You can make a complaint by using the ‘report this post’ link . We may then apply our discretion under the user terms to amend or delete comments.
Post moderation is undertaken full-time 9am-6pm on weekdays, and on a part-time basis outwith those hours.
Read the rules here