I refer to the letter Illegal parking a terrible social disease which was in reply to my letter Police efficiency or 'revenge' in Bangsar?

While the writer is absolutely right, his sanctimony would be easier to stomach if the authorities practiced a clean and fair government and practiced what they preach.

At about the same time this blitz took place in Bangsar - no doubt to relieve good citizens of traffic congestion - illegal parking and other offences continued under the eye of the police without any consequence.

I spotted a policeman standing at the clogged junction of the Puduraya bus terminal while taxis and buses stopped illegally all along the road, causing the daily bottlenecks, doing nothing.

Cars were parked illegally right across the entrance of the main traffic police station at Petaling Street. In Bangsar itself, illegal parking touts continue to collect money for simply standing around and for the promise not to scratch your car once you walk away.

At least I paid my fine without fuss, and on time too. If only our politicians were so forthcoming with their own offences

So while the writer is celebrating what he thinks is our government's move to efficiency, they strike again on July 13 with senseless roadblocks at the most ill-chosen spots (or shall I say, well chosen to cause jams up to 2am in the morning).

We did not see much vigilance and all the police seemed to do was stand around and wave the traffic on. Just ten feet away cars were beginning to ignore the traffic lights just to get past the jam, and the cops didn't seem to care.

Of course many have written in about this, but to put it all in perspective, I am not alone in suspecting that the BN government is turning on the heat out of sour grapes for having performed badly in the recent general elections.

Well, let them know that this only make us despise them more.