Tax, Tax and more bloody tax!
Recently Manchester had an experiment where traffic wardens, instead of spending their time issuing tickets for parking fines, they got the people moving without confrontation. It was judged to have improved traffic flow in the city by leaps and bounds.
Of course, such a strategy doesn't line councillors pockets or offer scope for bribery and corruption in the "old Boys Network" which issues contracts for CCTV installation and the "commission" charged for subcontracting the paperwork for collection of these charges.
And, of course, the rich businessmen just add the fines into what they overcharge us,(it's all badged as "Decriminalising" so it is only "fines" but no points on licences) and then park any bloody where they like. There is no deterrent for these people.
Quack!
GtD.