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minus-squareWordBox@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up35arrow-down7·12 hours agoSource on speeding cameras working for anything other than revenue generation?
minus-squareNurgus@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·6 hours agoIn the UK (Where the op picture is) the police cannot collect the revenue from cameras and other fines. It all goes to the gov so the cops have zero financial incentive to install speed cameras.
minus-squareHonytawk@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up16arrow-down7·12 hours agoIf that were the case, they would be hidden. They are a deterrent for speeding most of all.
minus-squareremotedev@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up4·10 hours agoThe ones around here, everyone just slows down getting to that intersection, and then picks up speed again after crossing through
minus-squaredriving_crooner@lemmy.eco.brlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·4 hours agoThat’s the main purpose of that cams. Slow drivers on strategic spots that have more chances of accidents.
minus-squareLaLuzDelSol@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5arrow-down3·12 hours agohttps://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/20927736/
minus-squareEvotech@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4arrow-down3·12 hours agohttps://www.cochrane.org/CD004607/INJ_do-speed-cameras-reduce-road-traffic-crashes-injuries-and-deaths
minus-squareKnock_Knock_Lemmy_In@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up7arrow-down1·11 hours agoMore crashes and deaths means less cars and people. Double win for the environment. Environmentalists should be encouraging speeding and drink driving.
minus-square Morphit @feddit.uklinkfedilinkarrow-up1·6 hours agoYou know the person who had the greatest positive impact on the environment on this planet? Genghis Khan, because he massacred forty million people.
minus-squareFlocklesscrow@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·11 hours agoLeans into the window You think y’all can get this thing home?
Source on speeding cameras working for anything other than revenue generation?
In the UK (Where the op picture is) the police cannot collect the revenue from cameras and other fines. It all goes to the gov so the cops have zero financial incentive to install speed cameras.
If that were the case, they would be hidden.
They are a deterrent for speeding most of all.
The ones around here, everyone just slows down getting to that intersection, and then picks up speed again after crossing through
That’s the main purpose of that cams. Slow drivers on strategic spots that have more chances of accidents.
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/20927736/
https://www.cochrane.org/CD004607/INJ_do-speed-cameras-reduce-road-traffic-crashes-injuries-and-deaths
More crashes and deaths means less cars and people.
Double win for the environment.
Environmentalists should be encouraging speeding and drink driving.
You know the person who had the greatest positive impact on the environment on this planet? Genghis Khan, because he massacred forty million people.
Leans into the window
You think y’all can get this thing home?