Wudi@feddit.uk to Mildly Infuriating@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 months agoTraffic cameras have caught a white RAM 1500 pickup truck driving above the speed limit or running red lights more than 547 times since 2022. It belongs to an NYPD cop.nyc.streetsblog.orgexternal-linkmessage-square122linkfedilinkarrow-up11
arrow-up11external-linkTraffic cameras have caught a white RAM 1500 pickup truck driving above the speed limit or running red lights more than 547 times since 2022. It belongs to an NYPD cop.nyc.streetsblog.orgWudi@feddit.uk to Mildly Infuriating@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 months agomessage-square122linkfedilink
minus-squareCosmicTurtle0 [he/him]@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·5 months agoIf the goal is to reduce speeding, road design plays more of a factor more than cameras. A fine means that it’s a revenue grab.
minus-squaredriving_crooner@lemmy.eco.brlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·5 months agoJust because something is more effective than other thing, not make the other thing useless
minus-squaredriving_crooner@lemmy.eco.brlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·5 months agoThat’s correct, but cameras still work and are cheaper/easier to install than rebuilding the streets.
minus-squarescutiger@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·5 months agoBut they’re not a solution to poor road planning. It’s like putting a bandaid on a gaping wound.
If the goal is to reduce speeding, road design plays more of a factor more than cameras.
A fine means that it’s a revenue grab.
Just because something is more effective than other thing, not make the other thing useless
That’s correct, but cameras still work and are cheaper/easier to install than rebuilding the streets.
But they’re not a solution to poor road planning. It’s like putting a bandaid on a gaping wound.