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The reason for speed traps being banned is that they don’t help with road safety. What helps is cops being visible and patrolling the roads for dangerous drive
by adrr 7y ago
The reason for speed traps being banned is that they don’t help with road safety. What helps is cops being visible and patrolling the roads for dangerous drivers, not hiding in alleys or on overpasses.
Traffic enforcement should only be about safety and not revenue. But at as we saw red light cameras, cities places them at lights with the most traffic and not the most dangerous intersections. They lowered the yellow light times and in some cities it was so low that you couldn’t safely stop the car in time. Cities always try to skirt the rules to make more money and traffic court is a good example. Government shouldn’t be able to deprive people of property (money) without a jury trial.
- diminoten 7y agoLiterally none of that matters if you don't exceed the speed limit.
- rhinoceraptor 7y agoThere are a few sections of my commute where (IMO) it is more dangerous not to speed. The best example is I have to merge from the right, and get to the left-most lane for my exit, so I'm crossing over four lanes. The speed limit is 55, but pretty much everyone is driving at 70-80.
- diminoten 7y agoSure, and no one is being pulled over in those situations.