Wrong arm of the law

One of my neighbours received a fixed penalty for driving at 32mph in a 30 limit. Another received a Thames Valley Police fine for stopping in a disabled parking bay at 9pm, not exactly rush hour, to collect a blind, 80-year-old lady who does not think it appropriate to have a blue badge because she does not drive. Things like this harm the public's attitude to the police. I'm sure most people do not intend to speed, but drifting fractionally over the speed limit is hardly a cardinal sin. The alternative, I suppose, is to watch the speedo rather than the road and risk crashing into the car ahead.

I have alse heard elsewhere of 62 in a 60 being penalised. What happened to the recently relaxed ACPO guidelines, which are only guidelines and not binding