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.
You assume that the system is fair. It isn’t. Its rigged to generate revenue. I’ve gotten automated tickets for legally turning right on a red light. My city got busted a few years back for shortening yellow lights just so they could give more tickets. Now they are adding speed traps to any road that is vaguely close to a school or park that will ticket you even if it is the middle of the night on a Saturday where no kids should be around anyway.
Oh, so you are the type of person who thinks that rules should only apply when you want them to?
A speed limit is a speed limit and it applies whenever it applies, not whenever you want it to.
You know, there’s one simple hack to never get speeding tickets: Follow the speed limits. Police men hate this one simple trick and so on.
My compassion is very limited for someone who willingly breaks the law and then goes *surprised pikachu face* when they have to pay a fine.
It’s not like the speed limit signs magically disappear at night, is it?
At least in my state school zone speed limits only apply on school days/hours. The rules should only apply when they are meant to apply.