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I wasn't suggesting anything that triggers red lights or leads directly to a citation. Just gathering the data would often be useful, to drive design of inters

I wasn't suggesting anything that triggers red lights or leads directly to a citation. Just gathering the data would often be useful, to drive design of intersections and allocation of other resources in a quantitative way. Also, if people aren't maintaining a safe distance from the car in front of them, then that's useful information too. So is video of people illegally using their celphones while driving, which this technology could also provide.

pc86 11y ago
Well if you rear end someone you will be cited for it 99% of the time. But surely your answer to something that quantifiably increases injury rates isn't "who cares it's their own fault" is it? But since you asked for a citation: http://bfy.tw/4343 http://bfy.tw/4343
- notacoward 11y ago
  Putting words in someone else's mouth is a tactic commonly used by those who can only formulate stupid statements. Of course I care about things that increase or decrease injury rates. That's why I would like to encourage safer behavior. You should haved added "debunked" to your snarky citation, and you might have found this. http://www.cnet.com/roadshow/news/red-light-camera-myths-debunked/ http://www.cnet.com/roadshow/news/red-light-camera-myths-deb... Also, as I said, if people are tailgating then that's a separate problem that can also be addressed by this technology. It's insane to say that we shouldn't discourage one dangerous behavior because of some other equally-addressable dangerous behavior. People respond to the knowledge that they're more likely to be caught when they do something wrong or stupid. An actual police officer issuing citations for exactly these offenses is effective, but costly. Having the information about frequency of offense at different locations allows those scarce resources to be allocated to greatest effect. What's your problem with that?

pc86 11y ago

Well if you rear end someone you will be cited for it 99% of the time. But surely your answer to something that quantifiably increases injury rates isn't "who cares it's their own fault" is it? But since you asked for a citation: http://bfy.tw/4343 http://bfy.tw/4343

notacoward 11y ago
Putting words in someone else's mouth is a tactic commonly used by those who can only formulate stupid statements. Of course I care about things that increase or decrease injury rates. That's why I would like to encourage safer behavior. You should haved added "debunked" to your snarky citation, and you might have found this. http://www.cnet.com/roadshow/news/red-light-camera-myths-debunked/ http://www.cnet.com/roadshow/news/red-light-camera-myths-deb... Also, as I said, if people are tailgating then that's a separate problem that can also be addressed by this technology. It's insane to say that we shouldn't discourage one dangerous behavior because of some other equally-addressable dangerous behavior. People respond to the knowledge that they're more likely to be caught when they do something wrong or stupid. An actual police officer issuing citations for exactly these offenses is effective, but costly. Having the information about frequency of offense at different locations allows those scarce resources to be allocated to greatest effect. What's your problem with that?