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.