I NOTE with interest the comments of Jim Houston, who was given a parking ticket in strange circumstances (Letters, October 29).

I wonder if other readers have experienced an increase in police ticketing?

Recently my daughter was stationary at a traffic lights and lifted her mobile phone to change music.

She was immediately approached by two policemen who took her to an unmarked car and was told she would be fined £100 and receive three points on her licence for using a mobile device.

There was no question of her having used it to telephone or text, the car was stationary and she had simply touched a button.

I have been told that since Police Scotland came into being in April a target culture has taken over and officers are under huge pressure to issue tickets. If this is correct, then it should be opposed.

Of course, if drivers engage in dangerous activity, they should be prosecuted, but a culture such as this will demoralise the police, anger the public and bring the law into disrepute.

Professor Greg Philo,

Glasgow University Media Group,

Adam Smith Building,

40 Bute Gardens,

Glasgow.