Having read the article about the Dorset Police campaign and observed the camera safety vans about the county, I wonder about their purpose and priorities.

Drivers crossing at amber and red traffic lights in and around Weymouth have, in my experience, become far more of a danger than a car travelling at more than 30mph, less than 300metres short of a 50mph sign on the bypass, in a zone just three tenths of a mile long.

If road safety is truly the object then cameras at traffic lights would be both lucrative at present, and in the future a deterrent to these people who dice with other people’s lives.

On another tack, having parked my car in a petrol station, I stood and watched a driver reverse out of his parking space with a phone held to his ear. He blew me a kiss as I stood and stared at him. Surely there should be a hotline to report this (not a premium cost line) or a website to name and shame.

I travel over 90,000 miles per year around UK, and see people using their phones to text, resting iPads on the steering wheel and cars that travel miles in the middle and outside lanes when the inside lanes are empty.

It seems to me the police should be concentrating on driver education, targeting bad driving generally, i.e. more awareness and adhesion to the Highway Code, not purely those exceeding the speed limit, as it appears to be.I’d also love to know who thought it was a good idea to encourage pedestrians to cross a bypass, or is the next step imposing another speed limit?

I am a member of the Institute of Advanced Motorists and should add this is purely my opinion based on my daily observations and experience, not necessarily that of the IAM.

Robbie Dunster, Address supplied