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Re:Florida judge rules red light camera tickets are unconsti... by LorenPechtel on Tuesday March 10, 2026 @10:20AM (#47323664)
If it's consistently high something needs fixing. But accidents are random, there will always be some intersections that by pure chance have more accidents. Put cameras on those, presto, cameras "work".
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Re:Florida judge rules red light camera tickets are unconsti... by SecretDreams on Tuesday March 10, 2026 @11:01PM (#47331309)
Some intersections having more accidents by pure chance is kind of an oxymoron, imo.
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Re:Florida judge rules red light camera tickets are unconsti... by LorenPechtel on Thursday March 12, 2026 @11:30AM (#47352222)
What's an oxymoron about it?

Let's make a hypothetical city with 10 intersections, all absolutely identical. Watch until you have seen 20 accidents. Do you really think there will be exactly 2 accidents per intersection??

Select the intersection that gets the most accidents, declare it dangerous.

Case A: stick a camera on it. Case B: do nothing. Watch another 20 accidents.

In both cases you expect to see fewer accidents at the intersection as the original number was just chance. But if you're trying to prove cameras work...

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