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Reminds me of a past mayor of the city I live in. One of his talking points was too get rid of the speeding cameras in the city. He came into office and did a photo op covering the first camera. A few weeks later his son died due to an accident caused by wreckless speeding driver in City center.

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ByteOnBikes@slrpnk.net ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
Speeding cameras wouldn’t have changed that.

“There is little evidence” that automated traffic enforcement is an effective tool at either “improving traffic safety [or] limiting violent interactions between law enforcement and drivers during minor traffic stops … when enforcement is predicated simply on the assessment of financial sanctions," the group Fines and Fees Justice Center argued in its report.

usa.streetsblog.org/…/is-automated-enforcement-ma…

Not to mention, many cameras are hidden and create false positives. They get mailed tickets and have to spend a day in court.

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smeenz@lemmy.nz ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

caused by wreckless speeding driver

The driver may have been reckless, but the incident was not wreckless (lack of a wreck)

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TheOakTree@lemm.ee ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
Did it convince him to change his mind on that his policy on the cameras? Or did he just continue on?

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Track_Shovel@slrpnk.net ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
That’s sad.

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greyw0lv@lemmy.ml ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
Certainly not an accident. That was a entirely preventable collision

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