I was appalled to read the article "Driver angry at police apathy" (The Argus, February 5). What message are the police sending out?

It would appear most of us are now open to all kinds of abuse from other drivers who feel like ramming us if we annoy them - perhaps because we are observing the speed limit - if they feel we are in the way or just decide they feel like a game of dodgems. If this happens to any of us, there is no point in taking the registration number of the vehicle because the police do not want to know.

What did Sandra Ward mean when she suggested to Mr Griffiths he should seek alternative means to resolve this matter to his satisfaction? Did she mean he should find the driver concerned and take the law into his own hands?

That would surely constitute a crime which might take priority. The best thing the police can do, maybe with or without the blessing of their new chief constable, is to make out a list of crimes with a rating from one to ten, suggesting that any crime, say number four or under, need not be reported.

I understand this is all down to money but, surely, if more lower-priority crimes were dealt with, there might be less serious criminal activity in the future.

-Mrs Jackie McIntosh, Finches Close, South Lancing