To all the people happy about the possible ban, multiplestudies have shown that speed cameras reduce accidents and fatalities full stop, that should be enough to advocate for them.
A camera shouldn’t be enforcing the law
Would you rather cops be doing speeding traffic stops then? Because as we’ve seen that leads to a lot of deaths for POC. Also having cops do speeding enforcement opens the door for a lot of selective enforcement which is unfair for certain groups. Whether you like it or not speed limits need to be enforced for the safety of everyone on the road and cameras can do just as good a job as cops without the possibility of someone getting shot.
This is just some revenue generating scheme for third parties
Ideally the money would be going back into the city’s budget, and this is mandated in many jurisdictions. Even if all the money is going to a third party though it’s still a positive, because again these cameras are reducing accidents and saving lives. If someone is making money off saving lives that’s not really a problem if it’s only taking money from drivers who choose drive recklessly.
This is a problem with the roads, they need to be narrower, more trees etc. to subconsciously slow people down
Ideally yes, roads should be narrower and better designed, but rebuilding a road costs money, which comes from taxes. Most of those people paying taxes aren’t speeding so they’re being forced to pay for a road redesign for people who are too lazy to check their speedometer, it’s even more unfair for non drivers who are forced to pay for their safety. Cameras are cost neutral and puts the burden of reckless driving on reckless drivers.
This is just a scheme to give data to the cops and advance the surveillance state
Cops don’t need a scheme to put up cameras wherever they want. Even if this ban passes it’s likely they’ll leave the cameras up but turn off the speeding and just have them collect license plate numbers of everyone who passes by. At least with speed enforcement people get some actual safety out of the surveillance state.
To all the people happy about the possible ban, multiple studies have shown that speed cameras reduce accidents and fatalities full stop, that should be enough to advocate for them.
Would you rather cops be doing speeding traffic stops then? Because as we’ve seen that leads to a lot of deaths for POC. Also having cops do speeding enforcement opens the door for a lot of selective enforcement which is unfair for certain groups. Whether you like it or not speed limits need to be enforced for the safety of everyone on the road and cameras can do just as good a job as cops without the possibility of someone getting shot.
Ideally the money would be going back into the city’s budget, and this is mandated in many jurisdictions. Even if all the money is going to a third party though it’s still a positive, because again these cameras are reducing accidents and saving lives. If someone is making money off saving lives that’s not really a problem if it’s only taking money from drivers who choose drive recklessly.
Ideally yes, roads should be narrower and better designed, but rebuilding a road costs money, which comes from taxes. Most of those people paying taxes aren’t speeding so they’re being forced to pay for a road redesign for people who are too lazy to check their speedometer, it’s even more unfair for non drivers who are forced to pay for their safety. Cameras are cost neutral and puts the burden of reckless driving on reckless drivers.
Cops don’t need a scheme to put up cameras wherever they want. Even if this ban passes it’s likely they’ll leave the cameras up but turn off the speeding and just have them collect license plate numbers of everyone who passes by. At least with speed enforcement people get some actual safety out of the surveillance state.