Points lose their plus

IT IS becoming increasingly obvious that the initial effect of the road points system is rapidly wearing off — if one is to judge

I suspect that the main reason for this is simply lack of enforcement. Presumably, the gardaí are handicapped by overtime constraints, yet another example of the Government’s “no cutbacks” policy.

I should have thought that the present level of fines would have made traffic surveillance self-financing and, on some roads at least, highly profitable.