Lol no the only purpose is increasing revenue via fines.
If it was a real safety deterrent there would be some immediate feedback like a text message, assuming you have your phone number in your driver’s licence registration. Instead oblivious drivers will be going too fast in that stretch of road for weeks before getting tickets in the mail, and then they’ll get a bunch of tickets.
The point is to hit them with the fine 5+ times not once.
Nothing says „against mass surveillance“ and „kick big brother‘s ass“ and „fuck the machine“ like… putting people’s phone number on their driver’s licence…
oblivious drivers will be going too fast in that stretch of road for weeks
I’m not sure, it’s been a few months since I was in the UK, but I think I remember them having these signs with numbers painted on them next to the road? Maybe just look out for those?
It’s not they don’t work to decrease speeding… They do. It’s that if the point was immediate deterrence there would be some feedback to the driver they just got a ticket, like the kind of immediate feedback you get when you are pulled over by a real cop.
Lol no the only purpose is increasing revenue via fines.
If it was a real safety deterrent there would be some immediate feedback like a text message, assuming you have your phone number in your driver’s licence registration. Instead oblivious drivers will be going too fast in that stretch of road for weeks before getting tickets in the mail, and then they’ll get a bunch of tickets.
The point is to hit them with the fine 5+ times not once.
In the UK the police do not receive the income from the fines. The purpose is to increase safety on the roads.
Nothing says „against mass surveillance“ and „kick big brother‘s ass“ and „fuck the machine“ like… putting people’s phone number on their driver’s licence…
I’m not sure, it’s been a few months since I was in the UK, but I think I remember them having these signs with numbers painted on them next to the road? Maybe just look out for those?
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/annoying-thing-speed-cameras-ottawa-they-work-1.6786951
Right 3 months
Better than any source proving they don’t work that you brought
It’s not they don’t work to decrease speeding… They do. It’s that if the point was immediate deterrence there would be some feedback to the driver they just got a ticket, like the kind of immediate feedback you get when you are pulled over by a real cop.
Why? We don’t even need to bother, they’re proven to work pretty much as soon as they’re installed!