Ironic that many drivers call for cyclists to display identification numbers, but object to being held accountable themselves.
It is no exageration to call this terrorism. So many innocent people are killed and injured because of these speeding maniacs.
I believe it’s a lot of exaggeration to call it that. Like, an egregious amount.
Deliberate destruction of property to influence the government, with an ideological cause. I dunno - not hard to see the people behind this having an ideology and wanting to influence the government with their destructive act
That would make any deliberate destruction of government property a terrorist act. That’s absurd.
I get it, but is there an ideological cause?
There’s an ideology behind drivers who terrorise cyclists try to force them off the road, for sure. They should be labelled terrorists.
But vandalising a speed camera could just as easily be a selfish wish to not get fined.
North Yorkshire’s first fixed-location speed camera
Am I misunderstanding or is this saying that North Yorkshire hasn’t had any traditional speed cameras up until now?
That’s exactly how I read it, I had to go through the article a couple of times to make sure I was getting what the author meant, and I think it’s exactly that
Yeah, it seems unbelievable, I was starting to question what it really meant by “fixed speed camera” as if it were something different to what we usually see. I wonder how they’ve managed to go so long without one?
It does explain the tendency of drivers in North Yorkshire to drive around tiny country lanes at 50 miles an hour.
Speed cameras don’t increase safety. Just ticket revenue.
Bullshit.
Well no they discourage fast driving, and discouraging fast driving means there are less fast drivers, and therefore accidents are less likely.
I don’t understand why people feel the need to drive fast anyway, it hardly has any effect on your arrival time unless you’re travelling literally 200 yd.
If you’re going to drive at 40 in a 20 then frankly I have no sympathy, you’re an asshole and you deserve to be taken to the cleaners.
Well no they discourage fast driving
Not really, or at least not with the fixed cameras. They encourage speeding as normal then harsh braking just before the camera then speeding again. Just watch traffic on the motorways when a temporary speed limit is imposed. People slow down for the gantries where there might be cameras mounted then floor it to the next gantry.
Average speed cameras are a better bet if you want to control speeding, but perhaps don’t make as much money.
They at least punish the assholes who drive too fast.
They don’t though. The people who can afford a traffic lawyer or know how the system works just get them dismissed. It’s just another tax on those with the least resources.
It’s just another tax
Nobody is forcing people to drive over the speed limit. It’s a fine, not a tax.
Depends on the country.
fine based on x percent of monthly income is a good one.
Look up some examples from Finland or Switzerland for the more extreme examples.
And in the UK (where Yorkshire is) we have a points system. If you build up 12 points you lose your license, and speeding can get you between 3-6 points per offence depending how serious it was. So it’s really not just a case of the rich speeding all the time, paying the fines and carrying on.
