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minus-squareWordBox@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 year agoSource on speeding cameras working for anything other than revenue generation?
minus-squareN-E-N@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 year agohttps://www.heraldnet.com/news/after-traffic-cameras-went-in-everett-saw-70-decrease-in-speeding/
minus-squareEvotech@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 year agohttps://www.cochrane.org/CD004607/INJ_do-speed-cameras-reduce-road-traffic-crashes-injuries-and-deaths
minus-squareKnock_Knock_Lemmy_In@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 year 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-up0·1 year 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-squarePrehensile_cloaca @lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 year agoLeans into the window You think y’all can get this thing home?
minus-squareNurgus@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 year 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-squareNurgus@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 year agoYes but they get the same amount regardless of the fines. The police see no direct financial connection.
minus-squareHonytawk@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 year agoIf that were the case, they would be hidden. They are a deterrent for speeding most of all.
minus-squareremotedev@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 year 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-up0·1 year agoThat’s the main purpose of that cams. Slow drivers on strategic spots that have more chances of accidents.
minus-squareTachyonTele@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 year agoThat does make sense. Never thought of it that way.
minus-squareLaLuzDelSol@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 year agohttps://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/20927736/
Source on speeding cameras working for anything other than revenue generation?
https://www.heraldnet.com/news/after-traffic-cameras-went-in-everett-saw-70-decrease-in-speeding/
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.
I have a treat for you
Leans into the window
You think y’all can get this thing home?
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.
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Yes but they get the same amount regardless of the fines. The police see no direct financial connection.
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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.
That does make sense. Never thought of it that way.
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/20927736/