British Columbia once had radar cameras on the highways. Instead of getting pulled over for speeding, you’d get a ticket in the mail. People hated it and conseq

British Columbia once had radar cameras on the highways. Instead of getting pulled over for speeding, you’d get a ticket in the mail. People hated it and consequently we elected a thoroughly corrupt government on the promise to rescind the practice. But for a while there we all drove at around the same speed, within about 10% of the posted limit, and it was fucking glorious. It was so much less stressful: very little passing of one another, fewer idjits weaving in and out, left turns off the highway less of a guessing game, fewer accidents … it was just fantastic when most everyone did the same speed. Of course now we’re worse off than ever, because without cameras the cops essentially gave up enforcing speed limits and now there’s an over 50% difference in speed between the slower and faster vehicles.