So just what are these Smart Cars?
The Smart Car is the latest idea to hit Havering's streets in the war against the motorist. These small cars armed with camera's cruise our streets targeting the most dangerous in our
society, the car owner. Stop to buy your morning paper or drop granny at the hairdressers and these overzealous mindless jobsworths will swoop with their high tech cars and the first you will know about it is when the penalty notice hits your doormat. "Thank you Mrs Ratepayer that will be £60 for dropping your 5 year old daughter off at school".
In the first 8 months since their introduction they issued an amazing 15,297 penalty notices. If all those people took advantage of the 50% discount(£60) for paying within 14 days the council will have amassed £917,820 in fines.
Angry of Havering believes that our elected councillors have gone too far this time. It is about time that Havering Council took a common sense approach to running our borough.