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Why not just have the manufacturers build slower cars, or at least limit them somehow. Then make it ilegal for people to tamper with their cars to make them faster.
Is there any other reason than playing this game in which law enforcement/governments get to make additional money through tickets?
I once saw speed cameras as "un-sporting" until travelling elsewhere in the world where they are commonplace. In those countries, it seems like everyone just drives the speed limit. If the point of speed enforcement is to, you know, ensure that everyone is going the speed limit or slower, they're awesome. Norway's system of timed speed cameras are particularly wonderful -- they simply photograph a car and then photog…
> but if you're loaning your car out to someone who speeds, at least some of the culpability falls on you. Not in Germany it doesn’t. Only the actual driver can be found guilty of speeding, even by speed-camera. I understand they’ll take pictures of the front of the vehicle and check against who’s lives at the registered address. Not sure if it’s an infraction for the registered owner to refuse to identify the likely…
Eventually cameras from orbit will be able to read license plates in real time and detect all speeding vehicles.
The angle of the plate wouldn’t allow it. What they can do is feed the movements of all vehicles into a big data platform and infer which car went where...
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Some of it is due to how easily speed can be measured but you're over-simplifying what the studies actually show. Speed is what turns minor accidents into major ones, especially for people who aren't themselves in cars[1] so while it's true that for avoiding vehicular collisions the most important factor is going around the same speed as the rest of the vehicles there's still a significant difference in injury/death…
There are some newer cars with AEB that have pedestrian detection, though. You can watch videos of IIHS testing those features [0]. It's not a perfect solution but will automatically brake if a collision with a pedestrian (or other VRU) is predicted and the driver is not braking. [0] https://youtu.be/TJgUiZgX5rE?t=109
What doesn't make sense to me is why can most cars go so much faster than any speed limits? Why not just have the manufacturers build slower cars, or at least limit them somehow. Then make it ilegal for people to tamper with their cars to make them faster. Is there any other reason than playing this game in which law enforcement/governments get to make additional money through tickets?
What doesn't make sense to me is why can most cars go so much faster than any speed limits? Why not just have the manufacturers build slower cars, or at least limit them somehow. Then make it ilegal for people to tamper with their cars to make them faster. Is there any other reason than playing this game in which law enforcement/governments get to make additional money through tickets?
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But to what end? Ignoring the privacy aspect, the point should not be too ensure everyone goes the does limit or slower. The point should be that people are traveling at a reasonable and safe speed. Driving fast doesn't necessarily mean unsafe. You can be driving the speed limit and be going at an unsafe speed. So the speed cameras make it more likely that people will be under the speed limit. But are the roads safer…
> You can be driving the speed limit and be going at an unsafe speed. If so (and there is no inclement weather), then the speed limit is too high.
Snow; rain: darkness; traffic.
Speed limits are intended to an upper bound, not a target.
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Just waiting for the Speed Enforced by Satellite highway signs... But in seriousness, the angle wouldn’t work.
They already have (and have had for decades) the equivalent of "speed enforced by aircraft patrol" where they spot from a plane and ticket by car; they could do the same thing with satellites...
Reality is it’s just an expensive enforcement stunt.
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I agree speed camera are necessary but "time of travel" speed cameras are absolutely violating the intent of the law, which is to have people drive safely. Part of driving safely is that you may need to speed up to avoid a situation, or change lanes safely or what have you - a time of travel camera (in the way they get implemented which is identical to single-point speed cameras AFAIK) is essentially just a random ti…
The speed limit is an upper bound. If you cannot safely pass someone without speeding, slowing down is generally an option too. If you're speeding to escape a homicidal maniac, challenge the ticket later.
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Just waiting for the Speed Enforced by Satellite highway signs... But in seriousness, the angle wouldn’t work.
Until they just add terrible IoT transmitters to license plates