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Shaming is ineffective. But suspension of the driving privilege should be a more widely-used tool, as should automated traffic enforcement— especially with rega

Shaming is ineffective. But suspension of the driving privilege should be a more widely-used tool, as should automated traffic enforcement— especially with regards to speeds in urban areas.

sologoub 10y ago
From personal experience, the automated enforcement is tricky - speed cameras are common in Moscow suburbs. The owner of the vehicle is cited under current regs, which is annoying but since there is no point system like in US, it's not as big of a problem. Imagine if your license could be suspended if someone from your household drove your car? You need ways to positively ID the driver, but that creates other privacy problems...
- jakobegger 10y ago
  in Austria most speed cameras take a picture of the car from the front, so you can see who drove the car. (Fun fact: the cameras taking pictures from the front were added because the German police refused to enforce speeding tickets on Austrian highways if the driver could not be identified)
  - sologoub 10y ago
    How do they match the driver? Does it use driver license photos or some other database to match these?
    - jakobegger 10y ago
      If you don't speed much, they don't. The owner of the registration (license plate) gets an "anonymous ticket" and as long as you pay, they don't bother identifying the driver. If you don't pay, or if you drive significantly faster than allowed, the police starts an investigation to determine the driver, which starts by sending a form letter to the owner of the registration, asking them who drove the car. As far as I know it's a manual process, and I'm not sure the photo is actually used; the photo is mainly just proof in case people claim it wasn't them.