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minus-squareValuy@lemmy.zipOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up40arrow-down6·edit-21 month agoYou’d think people would be worried about this shit, right? Nope. Last year, the state of Idaho banned red light cameras: https://www.kivitv.com/downtown-boise/new-idaho-law-forces-boise-to-abandon-red-light-camera-program
minus-squareKairos@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16arrow-down1·1 month agoA camera will not prevent a vehicle from entering an intersection.
minus-squarebrianary@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down1·1 month agoIt depends whether the threat of a ticket is a deterrent.
minus-squareKairos@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7arrow-down1·1 month agoIs it? I’ll believe that red light cameras help when shown that it does. In the meantime we can do things that actually make intersections safer like raising them/traffic calming.
minus-squareBeetschnapps@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9arrow-down2·1 month agoAlmost like they’re not connected. Almost like a camera invading people’s privacy is separate from someone running a red light. Can you tell the difference? Can you understand a camera on your ass isn’t the same as someone recklessly breaking the law?
You’d think people would be worried about this shit, right?
Nope.
Last year, the state of Idaho banned red light cameras:
https://www.kivitv.com/downtown-boise/new-idaho-law-forces-boise-to-abandon-red-light-camera-program
A camera will not prevent a vehicle from entering an intersection.
It depends whether the threat of a ticket is a deterrent.
Is it? I’ll believe that red light cameras help when shown that it does.
In the meantime we can do things that actually make intersections safer like raising them/traffic calming.
That’s the ideal solution.
Almost like they’re not connected. Almost like a camera invading people’s privacy is separate from someone running a red light.
Can you tell the difference? Can you understand a camera on your ass isn’t the same as someone recklessly breaking the law?