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.

https://www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/article-photo-radar-is-becoming-increasingly-common-that-doesnt-make-it-any/

  • @Alcoholicorn@mander.xyzEnglish
    1•11 days ago

    I am not a traffic engineer, so I can’t tell you. I’ve seen signs banning cars from particular streets where residents and commercial vehicles are exempt, to prevent a little residential street connecting larger roads from being used as a thoroughfare, thats probably illegal in the US.

    Is there a way you can block resurfacing? People drive slower on crummier roads, though it has to get p bad fir pickup trucks and SUVs to slow.

    • @ThePantser@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      2•11 days ago

      That was their plan but we as a neighborhood complained and they are leaving our parking and just going to install the floppy barriers at the corners to try to prevent people passing on the right when someone makes a left.

      But yeah people did drive slow at the shit spots but then they just speed up on the smoother spots so they actually just speed more.