Dont blame the police mate!
Blame the home office who give them a mountain of paperwork to do hence keping them off the streets!
and most of their time they do patrol is spent dealing with abusive drunks, anti social numpties, idiots, and people who cant handle themselves and make complaint of harassment etc etc!
as im sure u are aware every crime reported to police is given a crime refernce number and has to be investigated even if it is *****, a statement is still needed and pointless enquries still have to be done!
I take it you got stopped by traffic cops well thats their job to look for faults on vehciles and yes I agree motorists are an easy target, but if your car had been legal in the first place (ignorance is no excuse) u wouldnt be complaing now would you?
And its easy to criticise police when they do you for soomething u think is minor and they should be out there catching rapists etc, but if they were so easy to catch it would not be a problem, but someone with illegal blue lights isnt hard to spot!
Im not having a go at u mate but my mates a copper and i feel for him as he gives me a real insight to the job which is full of goverment targets etct etc!