A speed camera only replaced in November is among two cut down in Cornwall.

It’s insane the lengths that some people will go to save a few seconds on their commute, while also endangering others.

  • unmagical
    27·
    1 year ago

    Or maybe I was just out during the day and didn’t have a chance to respond until now?

    I didn’t post a complaint about speed cameras and certainly not a disingenuous one at that. I was just pointing out an incorrect assumption made by an official quoted in the article.

    I do think it’s kinda silly that your response to the fact that cameras don’t have a means to control traffic or stop accidents is to ask why I don’t drive the speed limit.

    I do.

    And cameras still can’t stop me from getting into an accident.

    • scarilog@lemmy.world
      4·
      1 year ago

      And cameras still can’t stop me from getting into an accident.

      Are you stupid? The whole premise is that the risk of actual consequences will slow people down, which in turn reduced the risk of getting into an accident.

      • queermunist she/her
        210·
        1 year ago

        If traffic cameras worked to prevent traffic violations they wouldn’t be revenue streams. People would just rationally follow the traffic laws to avoid consequences. Yet, in the real world, we know it will only slow down the people who think about consequences.

        • scarilog@lemmy.world
          1·
          1 year ago

          If traffic cameras worked to prevent traffic violations they wouldn’t be revenue streams.

          They can be both lol. Prevent traffic violations for the people that care about the consequences, and a revenue stream from people that don’t.

          Yet, in the real world, we know it will only slow down the people who think about consequences.

          Better than nothing.