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I sense constituents would be livid and would vote accordingly. I suspect the same backlash around red light cameras and mobile speeding vans would arise and th

I sense constituents would be livid and would vote accordingly. I suspect the same backlash around red light cameras and mobile speeding vans would arise and the program would be cancelled after about a decade or so.

woodruffw 4y ago
It really depends on the municipality: I would vote for this in a heartbeat, and so would a lot of other people in my area. There would also probably be some opposition, but I don't think it would be particularly lopsided against these kinds of cameras.
- windows2020 4y ago
  Do you drive?
  - woodruffw 4y ago
    Nope. Under 40% of households in my area own cars; in the area I grew up in, it's under 25%[1]. [1]: https://edc.nyc/article/new-yorkers-and-their-cars https://edc.nyc/article/new-yorkers-and-their-cars
- BitwiseFool 4y ago
  I think it is one of those things people might broadly support, until they themselves get a speeding ticket and start throwing a fuss. Traffic laws, in particular, are things people want strongly enforced on everyone else.
  - woodruffw 4y ago
    That's absolutely true, although it doesn't change the equation much for my area: most households here don't own cars.
  - lamontcg 4y ago
    The problem with speed cameras around here would be that they dropped all the speed limits and now everyone routinely does 15+ mph over the limit.
bombcar 4y ago
It's insane - the laws are obviously made to be broken because nobody wants 100% enforcement.