The sums don’t add up

Feb 04 2010 | Letters

IF AN individual acts in an anti-social way, they can expect a punitive fixed penalty which increases if they fail to attend to the matter. As stated in your article on the utility companies (Daily Post, February 1) their failure to attend to holes in the road means a charge of £47.50 for each period of 17 days, which continues for the next 17 days; that’s a maximum of £2.79 per day. It seems obvious that the cost of administering this scheme must greatly outweigh any revenue returned.Š Read