"Evidence clearly shows that camera programs are effective at decreasing the number of vehicles running red lights. In one study in Virginia, red light cameras reduced the number of total drivers running red lights by 67 percent." Seems pretty effective to me.
At reducing that one behavior? Sure, but we also have to look at what other impacts it has.
We could reduce the number of people running red lights by 100% if we removed traffic lights, doesn't mean it's a good solution.
"When the Houston cameras were removed, angle accidents increased by 26 percent. However, all other types of accidents decreased by 18 percent. " So, a net increase in accidents. I can't make their numbers match up with their conclusion.
The next sentence is "Approximately one-third of all Houston intersection accidents are angle accidents. This suggests that the program’s drawbacks canceled out its benefits."
Say there are 100 accidents, 33 of which are from people running red lights.
A 26% decrease in red light running accidents results in 9 fewer accidents from running red lights. (.26*33=8.58)
An 18% increase in other accidents results in 12 more accidents from people slamming on their brakes. (.18*66=11.88)
American roads are massive and built so you can safely drive way higher than the limit, which means most people do. It sucks and the solution is to design roads better.
Currently we just have a system where going the speed limit causes backups and people make dangerous maneuvers to get around you.
Hell, I even got pulled over for 'impeding the flow of traffic' once when I was going slightly over the speed limit. Pig just gave me a warning, and I certainly would've succeeded in contesting it if he hadn't, but our whole road infrastructure sucks
We found no evidence that red light cameras improve public safety. They don’t reduce the total number of vehicle accidents, the total number of individuals injured in accidents or the total number of incapacitating injuries that involve ambulance transport to a hospital.
If you're not the sort of person who runs the red lights then the cameras are irrelevant to you.
This is the same argument as 'mass surveillance shouldn't matter if you have nothing to hide,' it's a fallacy that only considers some elements of the situation.
The way we run society is relevant for all people in it. My taxes fund maintenance of these systems. I want us to work on effective prevention not bandaid punitive systems that don't improve safety.
AFAIK basically the only thing they care about is that you don't cheat in premium currency or ruin other players experiences, they're fine with local mods
The feature I haven't been able to replace from latte was dynic transparency. Basically I want to have my taskbar transparent when no windows touching it, but look normal when overlapping a window or something's maximized
Difficulty settings are, first and foremost, accessibility settings.
I have to disagree with this. Difficulty settings are at best a bandaid solution to accessibility. The vast vast majority of difficulty settings change the overall gameplay experience, games are far too complex for 'just make it easier' to be an appropriate approach to accessibility.
Just reducing enemy health, simplifying enemy ai, etc. can only make a game more accessible as a side effect, it doesn't address the actual accessibility issues people might have.
I also don't think games should have hard modes. They should have exactly 1 difficulty the developers balance around.
There absolutely should be accessibility options that have the side effect of making the game easier but making the game easier is the wrong approach to make it accessible.
My suggestion would be stuff like tuning response windows to the results of a reaction time test, aim assist options, visual cues for sound effects, etc. Those make the game easier but do it by addressing a single specific issue, or combination of issues, someone's dealing with instead of just slapping on a one size fits all solution.
I'm fine with that, dishonored 2 did a really good job of this with its custom difficulty option. I'd argue that games should just have 1 difficulty, developers can balance around that. Let people mess with any of the easy values difficulty modes usually change
This isn't a special law to make it easier to prosecute. It adds femicide to the list of elements that can elevate the sentencing.
Edit: I don't think this is necessarily a bad thing, I am broadly skeptical that harsher sentences will do anything to reduce crime. This needs to be paired with strong cultural changes if it's to do anything.
At reducing that one behavior? Sure, but we also have to look at what other impacts it has.
We could reduce the number of people running red lights by 100% if we removed traffic lights, doesn't mean it's a good solution.
The next sentence is "Approximately one-third of all Houston intersection accidents are angle accidents. This suggests that the program’s drawbacks canceled out its benefits."
Say there are 100 accidents, 33 of which are from people running red lights.
A 26% decrease in red light running accidents results in 9 fewer accidents from running red lights. (.26*33=8.58)
An 18% increase in other accidents results in 12 more accidents from people slamming on their brakes. (.18*66=11.88)
So a net increase of 3 accidents.