We also need to keep in mind the mechanism it is using to detect speed. If it uses radar it will need regular calibration. Handheld units for example are supposed to be spot checked before and after each shift with tuning forks.
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Kecessa@sh.itjust.works 5 months agoSorry but it’s a black and white thing in this case, r either you’re under the speed limit and not breaking the law or you’re over the speed limit and breaking the law.
Also, tons of people object to speed camera tickets and win, the only difference is that there’s no officer there when the event happened to tell them “Say that to the judge if you’re not happy.”, the end result is the same.
Voyajer@lemmy.world 5 months ago
PopMyCop@iusearchlinux.fyi 5 months ago
Lidar is supposed to be checked like radar. You have a standardized distance and you check that the machine is exactly matching.
afraid_of_zombies@lemmy.world 5 months ago
Bullshit. You are allowed to cross examine your accuser which you can’t do for a camera. It is not the same. Random tech should not be judging humans for crimes.
IHasAHat@startrek.website 5 months ago
What would you prefer? That some people drive slightly over the speed limit? Or a spot where people suddenly slam on the brakes to avoid getting a ticket, endangering those who might be behind them with their sudden change of speed?
Because the latter is what these devices tend to do.
Kecessa@sh.itjust.works 5 months ago
Show me evidences that they increase accidents please, I’ve provided two sources showing they work, surely you can provide one that they cause accidents.
Rodeo@lemmy.ca 5 months ago
What if the speed limit is unreasonably high or low?
Kecessa@sh.itjust.works 5 months ago
“unreasonably low”
Eh… What? Car drivers can get fucked in this case, they don’t have a right to travel quickly, it’s a privilege.
“Unreasonably high”
Then a police officer there won’t change a thing and the road design won’t change.
Rodeo@lemmy.ca 5 months ago
if it’s too low, good, drivers shouldn’t go fast. If it’s too high, fine, drivers can go fast.
Eh … What?
Kecessa@sh.itjust.works 5 months ago
Never said it was fine, I said the issue lies elsewhere and the solutions we’re currently taking about aren’t the ones that will solve it.
If the speed limit is too high it’s an administrative decision, they won’t change the road design because they decided to have a high speed limit, a speed camera or a police officer won’t charge people who are driving fast unless they’re going over the speed limit that’s already too high.
grue@lemmy.world 5 months ago
This isn’t actually true. It’s entirely possible to be breaking the law while driving under the speed limit: “driving too fast for conditions” is very much a thing.
But that’s beside my point, which really was just that changing the design of the street to make people not want to speed in the first place is way more effective (and frankly, way less totalitarian) than punishing them after-the-fact for doing so.
Kecessa@sh.itjust.works 5 months ago
“Driving too fast for conditions” won’t be enforced by cameras, will still exist if the road is modified and is 100% subjective which is a problem speed cameras don’t have so you should be happy about that.
It might be easy more effective, it’s still not possible to change all roads as quickly as speed cameras can be deployed.