News for hackers. Stuff that matters.

A comment on Stockholm to ban petrol and diesel cars from centre from 2025. Parent comment

Re:Stockholm to ban petrol and diesel cars from centre from ... by mywittyname on Wednesday October 11, 2023 @10:59AM (#37845293)
You probably don't need to go crazy with stuff like that. Speed cameras seem like effective deterrents. When I drove around the UK, speed cameras were everywhere and people generally all did the speed limit or below.

The USA has a weird cultural obsession with being able to break certain laws. We need to rethink that. If we aren't enforcing laws, then we need to get rid of them, if we don't want to get rid of them, then we need to enforce them.

[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Stockholm to ban petrol and diesel cars from centre from ... by hunter2_ on Wednesday October 11, 2023 @11:07AM (#37845415)
At city speeds, pollution from tire/brake wear is not a function of speed. It's a function of friction (acceleration/deceleration and vehicle mass), which has no posted limits or camera enforcement. The closest thing would be if a cop happens to hear you burn out and cite reckless driving, but I'm not even talking about that level of acceleration here.
[ Parent | on HN ]