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Americans complaining about speed traps and red light cameras are a constant embarrassment to me. I live in New York. This city should look like a less archite
by gorena 11y ago
Americans complaining about speed traps and red light cameras are a constant embarrassment to me.
I live in New York. This city should look like a less architecturally tasteful version of Amsterdam. Instead, it's infested with cars. We should have red light cameras at every intersection, zero-tolerance enforcement of speeding laws, congestion charging, etc., instead the subway is crumbling.
I've given up, I'm starting to learn Dutch... I want to live somewhere that actually cares about transportation.
- redblacktree 11y agoRed light cameras are a real problem. Since tickets are incentivized, some of the more greedy agencies have shortened the yellow light timing, leading to more tickets and also more accidents.
- gambiting 11y agoI literally can't understand how some agencies can just go ahead and "shorten the yellow light timing". In EU the length of the yellow light is mandated by law and a small town in a middle of nowhere can do nothing to change it. There are a few exceptions - like in Portugal light changing from red directly to green, but no one anywhere has any power to change the length of the yellow light timing. It's mind boggling because EU consists of different countries which could very well make their own rules but decided to standardize them so all EU citizens can drive all over EU and expect the same rules everywhere. Yet US is a single country and can't have consistent driving rules??
- cowsandmilk 11y agoThere is a difference between having rules and the governments actually following them...