- cross-posted to:
- canada@lemmy.ca
- cross-posted to:
- canada@lemmy.ca
cross-posted from: https://sh.itjust.works/post/44712264
These up-eds usually complain that photo radar would be fine if the radar worked properly. This one doesn’t even do that. It just complains that speed limits aren’t fair and now drivers have to change their behavior. jfc
It is true that drivers can avoid such tickets by sticking to the posted speed limits, but it is also true that drivers are hardly ever expected to strictly observe those limits.
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It’s like the generally accepted contract between drivers and police – just drive at a reasonable speed and you’ll be fine – has been broken.
Yeah, these are all narcissist arguments. The only argument that should be made is the fact they don’t actually reduce accidents, fatalities, or make the roads any safer (the fixed kinds, at least).
Cool, except this article has citations that dispute your uncited ‘facts’
In other words: “there are no facts to dispute the use of speed camera”
Agreed.
Yeah, I’m admittedly going off mainstream media talking points from 15-20 years ago, so I wouldn’t be surprised if they have been proven otherwise.
There’s a strong financial incentive to falsify the stats in their favor though, where there simply isn’t for the opposite.