Comment on Fixed speed camera toppled hours before switch-on

captainastronaut@seattlelunarsociety.org ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

• echodot@feddit.uk ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Well no they discourage fast driving and discouraging fast driving means there are less fast drivers and therefore s accidents are less likely.

  I don’t understand why people feel the need to drive fast anyway, it hardly has any effect on your arrival time unless you’re travelling literally 200 yd.

  If you’re going to drive at 40 in a 20 then frankly I have no sympathy, you’re an asshole and you deserve to be taken to the cleaners.

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  • Hossenfeffer@feddit.uk ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Well no they discourage fast driving

    Not really, or at least not with the fixed cameras. They encourage speeding as normal then harsh braking just before the camera then speeding again. Just watch traffic on the motorways when a temporary speed limit is imposed. People slow down for the gantries where there might be cameras mounted then floor it to the next gantry.

    Average speed cameras are a better bet if you want to control speeding, but perhaps don’t make as much money.

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• SunshineJogger@feddit.org ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  They at least punish the assholes who drive too fast.

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  • captainastronaut@seattlelunarsociety.org ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    They don’t though. The people who can afford a traffic lawyer or know how the system works just get them dismissed. It’s just another tax on those with the least resources.

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    • blackn1ght@feddit.uk ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      It’s just another tax

      Nobody is forcing people to drive over the speed limit. It’s a fine, not a tax.

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    • SunshineJogger@feddit.org ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Depends on the country.

      X percent fee based on monthly income is a good one

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      • PlungeButter@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        And in the UK (where Yorkshire is) we have a points system. If you build up 12 points you lose your license, and speeding can get you between 3-6 points per offence depending how serious it was. So it’s really not just a case of the rich speeding all the time, paying the fines and carrying on.

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• GissaMittJobb@lemmy.ml ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Bullshit.

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