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I’ve been driving around less “desirable” areas in my city lately and I’ve noticed a very disturbing trend - there’s a high correlation between low economic are
by thatoneuser 8y ago
I’ve been driving around less “desirable” areas in my city lately and I’ve noticed a very disturbing trend - there’s a high correlation between low economic areas and yellow lights flipping at a speed which necessitates 20mph/s deceleration. Basically, if you live in a “poor” area you’re more likely to break the law/be pulled over/incur a very sizeable fine.
It’s pretty disgusting and it’s hard to believe that traffic light engineering is so complex that this is purely incidental. It’s a trap. There’s really no other way to look at it imho. The people on the bottom who have little path out also are being systemically attacked by predatory legal implementation. And unlike pay day loan centers and pawn shops, this predatory behavior is implemented by the local government itself.
- longerthoughts 8y agoThis is terrifying if true. Has this been documented anywhere? I'd heard reports of cities doing this to raise revenue from red light cameras generally, but nothing targeted for certain economic areas.
- xkcd-sucks 8y agoPoor people are less able to defend themselves (lawyers, free time for court, ...) so they're softer prey