HAVING read the account of the services at Mere Hall (Bolton Evening News, April 19), one of the points suggested was the use of cameras.
These I endorse and they should be implemented to avoid any dispute whatsoever. With irrefutable photographic evidence to substantiate a breach of parking regulations, it would then act as an arbiter. After all, CCTV cameras are widely used in public places and a vast majority of trading establishments to prove guilt. As one reads in the daily news, the police are investing very heavily in photographic equipment to record speeding and other road offences.
All this information is presented and admissible in a court of law. Thus, if cameras were used in parking offences, they could be presented in court like the above motoring offences.
As the present situation stands, it is only the word of the parking attendant against the alleged parking offender which is taken and acted upon, thereby branding one as being a liar.
Mr E Wood
Lever Edge Lane
Bolton
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