In Europe, Speed Cameras Meet Their Technological Match
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#2Not all cameras are static in europe, this is were these type of systems fall down. Having a subscription to some service that lists were they are and warns you and is updated by you or somebody else who pays a subscription is ok if you like to speed about on dynamic routes. Though anybody who travels the sameish journey a few times will soon know were and when to be mindful of traffic camera's.
I often see policemen with handheld speed kit and mobile camera units, most councils in even have cars with a periscope camera ontop that drive around automaticly processing so many driving violations its just to stressful to drive. But welcome to the UK/Europe and do have a nice stay as we are watching you.
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#3And on the metro, ticket inspectors are now redundant: not true, they adapted: now the ticket inspectors board for one station and switch trains. Made every service useless in one sweep.
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#4The state should endorse this technology. Once everybody has one, they can remove the cameras and everybody will still obey their devices.
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#5I was surprised the first time my cheap-o year-old Garmin GPS started beeping at me when I drove through an unfamiliar city: apparently it came with a free database of red-light cameras and was telling me every time I came near one, along with displaying the current speed limit. I'm not in Europe.
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#6The state should endorse this technology. Once everybody has one, they can remove the cameras and everybody will still obey their devices.
That's a very good point: if the cameras are there to prevent accidents, then these databases really are doing their job in making people slow down for them.
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#7The state should endorse this technology. Once everybody has one, they can remove the cameras and everybody will still obey their devices.
That's a very good point: if the cameras are there to prevent accidents, then these databases really are doing their job in making people slow down for them.
> if the cameras are there to prevent accidents
cameras are to easily collect fines.
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#8This system will help you identify the speed averaging plate recognition systems used on a lot of Britain's roads, but you won't be able to slow down and speed up again for the camera.
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#9Not all cameras are static in europe, this is were these type of systems fall down. Having a subscription to some service that lists were they are and warns you and is updated by you or somebody else who pays a subscription is ok if you like to speed about on dynamic routes. Though anybody who travels the sameish journey a few times will soon know were and when to be mindful of traffic camera's. I often see policemen…
> Not all cameras are static in europe, this is were these type of systems fall down.
Theoretically, these systems can also handle education by pointing out the current speed limit dynamically (as the speed limit may change around accidents or depending on the weather). They can also warn about other "dangers" than radars, and as the article notes the french govt had coyote change this last year: coyote now reports the user has entered a "danger zone" without specifying what the danger is (can be a radar, but can also be an accident or some other kind of issue)
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#10What do you do when cameras start calculating the average speed over some distance, rather than doing single-spot measurements? :)