In the UK (Where the op picture is) the police cannot collect the revenue from cameras and other fines. It all goes to the gov so the cops have zero financial incentive to install speed cameras.
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WordBox@lemmy.world 2 months agoSource on speeding cameras working for anything other than revenue generation?
Nurgus@lemmy.world 2 months ago
SSJMarx@lemm.ee 2 months ago
money goes to the government
cops get their money from the government
Nurgus@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Yes but they get the same amount regardless of the fines. The police see no direct financial connection.
SSJMarx@lemm.ee 2 months ago
Unless the police are an entirely independent organization, they can still receive orders from the top directing them to seek out fines even if they’re not the ones who directly benefit.
LaLuzDelSol@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Evotech@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Knock_Knock_Lemmy_In@lemmy.world 2 months ago
More crashes and deaths means less cars and people.
Double win for the environment.
Environmentalists should be encouraging speeding and drink driving.
Flocklesscrow@lemm.ee 2 months ago
Leans into the window
You think y’all can get this thing home?
Honytawk@lemmy.zip 2 months ago
If that were the case, they would be hidden.
They are a deterrent for speeding most of all.
remotedev@lemmy.ca 2 months ago
The ones around here, everyone just slows down getting to that intersection, and then picks up speed again after crossing through
driving_crooner@lemmy.eco.br 2 months ago
That’s the main purpose of that cams. Slow drivers on strategic spots that have more chances of accidents.
TachyonTele@lemm.ee 2 months ago
That does make sense. Never thought of it that way.