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Well then, let them stop pretending that they're looking out for our safety when they put up a speed trap. If you want to talk about having more reasonable road
by fnordfnordfnord 14y ago
Well then, let them stop pretending that they're looking out for our safety when they put up a speed trap. If you want to talk about having more reasonable road markings, speed limits, and fines for speeding that's great. It's a conversation that we need to have. But to have a bunch of guys driving around like jerks, on and off duty, extracting a tax from the working stiffs is an insult, and nobody should be surprised that the cops get little sympathy.
> Unless you wanna have robots do it instead
Not really. It's been shown time and again that greedy authorities will compromise on public safety to optimize profit. And, machines tend to have no discretion. Nor is any applied by the authorities. If you show up to an intersection at two am, with nobody in sight, stop, look and proceed safely through a red light, you get the same citation that some jerk gets who blows through on a busy day.
- fyi80 14y ago> And, machines tend to have no discretion. This a feature, that protects and racism and classism.
- fnordfnordfnord 14y ago> that protects and racism You've got a point. >and classism. Meh, I'm not so sure about that one, and really, in both cases it depends where the machines are sited.
- pc86 14y agoBy that logic it doesn't protect against racism either.
- talmand 14y agoMy reasoning in that speed traps are for revenue generation instead of safety is over the thought that a visible police presence on the road would more likely cause people to slow down and obey traffic laws. Hiding to ambush a speeder is the same tactic used by a highwayman out for money.
- fnordfnordfnord 14y agoI agree. You might also consider the fact that any machinery capable of selectively recording red-light violators, is also capable of warning other drivers, yet such a feature is absent from any that I have seen.