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Speed Cameras are a lot cheaper than cops, they don't get killed and they don't need a pension. They should do gofundmes for installing speed cameras in your ho
by thatfrenchguy 3y ago
Speed Cameras are a lot cheaper than cops, they don't get killed and they don't need a pension. They should do gofundmes for installing speed cameras in your hood, I'd fork some money.
- acuozzo 3y agoThe efficacy of speed cameras depends on the socioeconomics of the area. The "car culture" lunatic drivers I've met in the Baltimore / DC area just make a hobby of fighting tickets. They have lawyers they regularly work with and somehow always make it out with their license intact.
- thatfrenchguy 3y agoI mean, you have a photo of them timestamped, there should be no recourse in those cases?
- acuozzo 3y agoThe point I was trying to make is that, after a threshold is reached, one would reasonably assume that these individuals would have their licenses revoked or, at least, be forced to drive in an automobile factory-locked to not be able to travel faster than e.g., 70mph. The lawyers involved don't stop these individuals from having to pay fines. They can afford the fines and the lawyers. The lawyers are there to keep the licenses intact. "But Mr. X needs his license in order to get to work at his important job for Corporation Y!" Financial deterrents don't work well in places with high median incomes like Maryland.
- Symbiote 3y agoFinland fines drivers according to their income: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/jun/06/finnish-businessman-hit-with-121000-speeding-fine https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/jun/06/finnish-busine... (Still disappointing that he was only banned from driving for 10 days, even though it was a third offence.)