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> couldn't we just put speed cameras everywhere and issue tickets automatically for people who are driving too fast? There are stretches in DC with exactly tha
by jpmattia 10y ago
> couldn't we just put speed cameras everywhere and issue tickets automatically for people who are driving too fast?
There are stretches in DC with exactly that strategy. As a consequence, people speed and then hit the brakes right before the cameras.
I'd love to know the accident stats right around those stretches.
- gsnedders 10y agoAverage speed cameras are a solution to that problem and frequently used for long-running road works on UK motorways.
- Markoff 10y agohow do they deal with stopovers? average speed measuring is useful only for continuous trip and very short distances between measuring points so they can't be cheated by stops, but I can see how delivery driver with many stops could easily break speed limits even with average measuring
- gsnedders 10y agoThey're only done on motorways (~freeway) in general, and there tend to be at the very least cameras before/after each junction. Any directly on-carriageway parking places tend to be closed off, hard shoulders are for emergency use only, and service areas are considered junctions for this. I don't think I've ever seen anywhere with them with less than, say, half a mile separation between junctions. At that point, you just get normal speed cameras.