A victim of fine

Sometimes I think it would be easier if the government deducted a set amount from my bank account every month to cover ‘incidental stealth taxes’.

I’ve noticed that it is less painful to pay your gas and electricity bills by direct debit, so I’m thinking some sort of ‘minor traffic infringements’ standing order might be a good way to proceed. HM Gov and I could arrive at an estimated figure of what I, as a law-abiding citizen, inevitably manage to rack up in fines each year — forgotten congestion charges, parking at my local supermarket for a second longer than permitted, and so on — and come to an agreed monthly amount to spread the cost evenly throughout the year. Some sort of ‘pay as you go’ facility is clearly needed because there are now so many ways of falling foul of the law without knowing it that it is quite impossible to avoid doing the wrong thing.