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This is plain ignorant. The threat of a fine makes it safer everywhere, not just where someone can see the camera.
by megablast 8y ago
This is plain ignorant. The threat of a fine makes it safer everywhere, not just where someone can see the camera.
- gambiting 8y agoI'd love to hear how is it ignorant - it's not the harshness of punishment that is discouraging illegal acts, otherwise we could punish everything by death and have zero crime. The thing that actually discourages illegal activity is the inevitability of punishment - if there is some chance you won't be caught, people will continue to speed. A visible speed camera guarantees punishment - it's a massive yellow sign that says "if you speed on this road you WILL get a ticket". With hidden cameras the message is "if you speed you MIGHT get a ticket" - and that just doesn't discourage enough.
- thatjsguy 8y agoIs that why nobody speeds in the US even with speed traps? Oh wait..