themaninblackDec 3

Photo enforcement cameras

https://lemmy.world/post/39643839

Show threadMisterFrogDec 3

Gonna be downvoted, because apparently this is car brain central, but the amount of mental gymnastics people will do to make red light camera enforcement “bad” is crazy.

The US’ private company control over these cameras notwithstanding.

Fuck me, so many people die on on roads, and especially at intersections.

Show threadRedditRefugee69Dec 3

People enjoy driving dangerously. They don’t see it as risky because they haven’t been killed in a crash yet.

Cops enforcing traffic? Bad.

Cameras enforcing traffic? Bad.

Show threaddreadbeefDec 4
very few people would complain about traffic police if the cops didn’t carry guns or were not trained to pit maneuver you for not wearing a seatbelt
Show threadMisterFrogDec 5

So, we agree. This is specifically a US police problem.

But many people argue against speed cameras and red light cameras in general, as if they have the right to endanger people’s lives.

Pit maneuvers are insane, and aren’t done in most other civilised countries.

Show threaddreadbeefDec 5
No, this is a transportation problem as well. Cameras arent a solution to the problem of too many cars and carcentric infrastructure design lol, its literally a bandaid solution that only affects the poor negatively and no one else
Show threadMisterFrog

Funnily enough, this is my even more preferred solution haha

I am for public transport centric cities, where you can safely walk across streets, and cities are designed for people, not cars.

I am 100% for everything you’ve said, including socialism.

It’s just I’m also living in the world as it currently is, and if we’re gonna have car-centric hell holes, I at least want to make breaking the rules have consequences, so car centrism is A BIT safer. Income based fines to boot.

Most certainly is a band-aid, though. Do agree.

But I just get pissed when dickheads think speeding isn’t a bit deal, or red-light cameras are just for revenue raising, as if driving a massive hunk of metal is a serious responsibility, not to be taken lightly.

Dec 5 at 11:53amWeb
Show threaddreadbeefDec 5
You can complain, but youre getting mad at the symptoms and the cameras are only a solution to the symptoms and dont address any real problem. People should be holding their governors, mayors, city councils, and police departments 100% responsible for poor planning and decision making. People should be visiting neighborhood meetings to talk about these problems cameras instead of getting angry at people running lights, all Im saying. Lets direct that energy at the real problems and the people who are the only ones capable of making the necessary changes instead of just picking the pickets of the poor please.