Comment on Why do some laws exist if everyone is expected to just break them?
IDKWhatUsernametoPutHereLolol@lemmy.dbzer0.com 22 hours agoHow do you expect constant enforcement?
China did it.
They put cameras all over the highways, just mail them the fines and use the video recording as evidence.
I mean, you don’t even need China’s authoritarianism to acheive this, traffic cameras already exist in many democratic countries, just add more along the highway.
cumberboi@slrpnk.net 22 hours ago
Not sure how cost effective this would be :/
FireRetardant@lemmy.world 21 hours ago
Certainly cheaper than paying for a police cruiser and all their equipment and wages. Its also less likely for the camera to be racist, be bribed, or shoot someone.
Cars are so common and speeding ignored for long we’d probably need at least double the amount of cops to enfroce traffic if we got rid of red light and speeding cameras.
IDKWhatUsernametoPutHereLolol@lemmy.dbzer0.com 22 hours ago
In China, they made up the costs from the fines they received… so its actually quite profitable, because people just can’t resist the urge to speed.
I think the bigger problem isn’t the costs, it’s that there might be backlash and protests in a democracy.