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It also tends to kill the person doing the speeding, which is something they probably know, and they choose to do it anyway. Seeing that as an opportunity to

It also tends to kill the person doing the speeding, which is something they probably know, and they choose to do it anyway. Seeing that as an opportunity to inject yourself into an enforcement role does not seem like a decision designed to actually improve safety for everyone. Some areas in China had a program like this. Turn people in, get a payment from the local government. What you would see is people going out, intentionally driving badly near other drivers in an effort to get them to speed away or make an illegal move just to get away from them, or to even start road raging in return and then they would start recording after the fact. Finally, the last time I looked at the data, the correlation between speed and pedestrian deaths was not at all clear. Time of day was a much stronger point of correlation. The majority of pedestrian deaths happen after sun down and on the sides of road types you would not expect. I'm not sure how arming people with this rather unsocial technology is going to solve this exact problem.

usefulcat 5y ago
> It also tends to kill the person doing the speeding Most definitely not true when the speeding motorist hits a pedestrian or a cyclist.
- zionic 5y ago
  This is only a problem because of our absolutely crap-tier city design. 5,000lb, 100+mph (capable) motor vehicles are in an entirely different class than pedestrians and cyclists. They really should have segmented transit options.
  - sagarm 5y ago
    The reality on the ground is that 1) pedestrians, cyclists, and drivers have to share space 2) speed limits aren't enforced on drivers 3) drivers that hit pedestrians at 40mph kill 50% of their victims; at 25mph, they only kill 10%.[1] (1) is further exacerbated by the fact that any attempt to create space for pedestrians and cyclists by necessity requires repurposing space optimized for vehicles, and drivers oppose this tooth and nail. An app is a crap solution, but anything that might help hold dangerous drivers accountable helps. [1] https://aaafoundation.org/impact-speed-pedestrians-risk-severe-injury-death/#:~:text=The%20average%20risk%20of%20death,Risks%20vary%20significantly%20by%20age https://aaafoundation.org/impact-speed-pedestrians-risk-seve....

usefulcat 5y ago

> It also tends to kill the person doing the speeding Most definitely not true when the speeding motorist hits a pedestrian or a cyclist.

zionic 5y ago
This is only a problem because of our absolutely crap-tier city design. 5,000lb, 100+mph (capable) motor vehicles are in an entirely different class than pedestrians and cyclists. They really should have segmented transit options.
- sagarm 5y ago
  The reality on the ground is that 1) pedestrians, cyclists, and drivers have to share space 2) speed limits aren't enforced on drivers 3) drivers that hit pedestrians at 40mph kill 50% of their victims; at 25mph, they only kill 10%.[1] (1) is further exacerbated by the fact that any attempt to create space for pedestrians and cyclists by necessity requires repurposing space optimized for vehicles, and drivers oppose this tooth and nail. An app is a crap solution, but anything that might help hold dangerous drivers accountable helps. [1] https://aaafoundation.org/impact-speed-pedestrians-risk-severe-injury-death/#:~:text=The%20average%20risk%20of%20death,Risks%20vary%20significantly%20by%20age https://aaafoundation.org/impact-speed-pedestrians-risk-seve....