• thermal_shock@lemmy.world
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    2 hours ago

    cameras do NOT make the roads safer. it’s a revenue stream based off ripping off it’s citizens. if anything everyone slams on their brakes when they see one causing more accidents.

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      1 hour ago

      Except they do make it safer and because there’s always tonnes of signs around them you don’t get the brake slamming. They act as a deterrent. Plus accidents at lower speeds are inherently less dangerous.

      Mobile speed traps, however, are a definite revenue boost.

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          32 minutes ago

          Maybe you guys ought to campaign to get the law changed. They used to be grey over here, but pressure was put on the government and how they’re all high vis yellow with loads of warnings before them.

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            11 minutes ago

            how about just not ripping off people for doing 37 in a 35?

            If the penalty for a crime is a fine, then that law only exists for the lower class. if it were a percentage of your annual income, completely different story.