THEY are hemmed in by more bus lanes, picked on by more traffic wardens, spied on by more speed cameras, punished with more fines and soaked more enthusiastically by the exchequer than ever before.

和以往相比，更多的公交车道包围着他们，更多交通警察等着抓他们违章，更多速度检测仪暗中监视他们，罚款越来越多，国库更是疯狂地将其作为滚滚财源。