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.
This is exactly it. Enforcement isn’t the answer; that only creates excuses to pad police budgets. Fix the road design, fix the traffic flow in the city. If people think it’s safe to go past a school at 50kph, that road is built improperly, or the school is built on the wrong road.
Your using people very broadly there. Some people see a narrow street next to a school and think a reasonable speed is 30 kph. Some people see that same road, don’t notice the school and judge they can go 50kph. That second person needs some enforcement to discipline them otherwise they’ll keep using their metric for safety, which is far from what a normal person would measure, much less a traffic safety expert.