> so they're supposed to give you a chance to pick up your litter to avoid the fine but some don't do that.
That seems like an ineffective mechanism. Just litter and pick it up in the very rare cases where you get called out.
If I were council dictator for a day, I would make the fines stiff and immediate but require that 100%^1 of the revenues are refunded to all residents at the end of each year.
That way there's still a stiff disincentive to littering, but no significant incentive for abusive/dishonest enforcement.
[^1]: (perhaps sans some low and more importantly fixed amount to cover enforcement costs)
That seems like an ineffective mechanism. Just litter and pick it up in the very rare cases where you get called out.
If I were council dictator for a day, I would make the fines stiff and immediate but require that 100%^1 of the revenues are refunded to all residents at the end of each year.
That way there's still a stiff disincentive to littering, but no significant incentive for abusive/dishonest enforcement.
[^1]: (perhaps sans some low and more importantly fixed amount to cover enforcement costs)