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Letter: Don't warn Burnaby HOV cheaters - let them get caught

Editor: For years I have been frustrated with radio stations announcing where the police are set up to catch cheaters in HOV lanes. All this does is to allow “regular” cheaters to avoid being caught for that day.
Brian Macnair
burnaby rcmp hov
Burnaby RCMP caught a whopping 16 drivers violating the HOV rules by driving alone. The cops staked out an HOV lane on Grandview Highway at Highway 1. Burnaby RCMP

Editor:

For years I have been frustrated with radio stations announcing where the police are set up to catch cheaters in HOV lanes.

All this does is to allow “regular” cheaters to avoid being caught for that day. It is my opinion that this warning is wrong.

Let these drivers get caught. Perhaps the fine they receive is the warning they deserve.

I do not accept that the radio warning creates a greater public awareness. These cheaters are clearly not interested in public awareness. They are already aware they are cheaters. And, if they show this disrespectful action in HOV lanes, where else are they demonstrating this to the general public? Speeding? Disobeying TCP workers?

Let these people get caught.

Brian Macnair