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Re:This Louisiana Town Runs Largely on Traffic Fines. The Ma... by pas on Thursday November 23, 2023 @08:26AM (#38392493)
straight road, no reason to go suddenly slower, the sign is completely irrelevant. drivers are not robots, if they get a good reason to slow down, they will. (eg. Waze telling them a speedtrap or patrol car is there ... or some actual traffic reason.)
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Re:This Louisiana Town Runs Largely on Traffic Fines. The Ma... by Symbiote on Thursday November 23, 2023 @10:13AM (#38393571)
There is a village ahead, that's plenty of reason to slow down.

The two pairs of signs are another reason.

The end of the divided highway is further reason.

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Re:This Louisiana Town Runs Largely on Traffic Fines. The Ma... by pas on Thursday November 23, 2023 @02:49PM (#38396755)
sparse traffic, flat terrain, good visibility, right of way ... all things that incentivize drivers to not take the signs seriously.

and as the article clearly shows, they don't.

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