Re:Yellow vests knock out 60% of all speed cameras in France
by atoav on Friday January 11, 2019 @04:43AM
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I lived near one of the major crossroads in one of the biggest German cities. The speed camera they put up made a change between waking up 4 times at night because of illegal street races and beeing able to sleep uninterrupted till the lorries start to drive in the early morning.
I am not saying that this isn't a tool to generate revenue, but it certainly can make a difference for some of the people living there.
However the weirdest thing is, when a street feels like you can drive 80km/h but you have to go 30km/h "just because". People don't like that. You shouldn't just put up signs and speed cameras on a perfectly fine street. You have to alter the street too. Make it narrower, etc. People will then drive slow without problems.
I am not saying that this isn't a tool to generate revenue, but it certainly can make a difference for some of the people living there.
However the weirdest thing is, when a street feels like you can drive 80km/h but you have to go 30km/h "just because". People don't like that. You shouldn't just put up signs and speed cameras on a perfectly fine street. You have to alter the street too. Make it narrower, etc. People will then drive slow without problems.