Yellow vests knock out 60% of all speed cameras in France

Re:Yellow vests knock out 60% of all speed cameras in France by TomMarius on Saturday January 12, 2019 @04:52AM (#18890514)

> anecdotaly almost everyone speeds way over the limit, some big highway feel like the autobahn sometimes

Yes! I don't understand why the government doesn't accept the reality and doesn't (try to) raise the speed limit. Now everyone is speeding and when they see something remotely alike an undercover police car they brake hard, creating very dangerous situations for all people around; you could argue "it's their fault, they're speeding" - yes, but why keep the limit low?

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Re:Yellow vests knock out 60% of all speed cameras in France by gambiting on Monday January 14, 2019 @06:05AM (#18902153)

I guess it's specifically because the police know that people will speed, but also that most people are speeding only a bit(10-20%). So instead of setting the limit at 100km/h, they set the limit to 80km/h knowing that most people will do 100km/h anyway. If they set the limit to 100km/h at least some people would be doing 120km/h.

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Re:Yellow vests knock out 60% of all speed cameras in France by TomMarius on Tuesday January 15, 2019 @04:44AM (#18909943)

That would make sense in the past, but now there are speed radars everywhere. Isn't now the time to change the approach?

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