ABC News: Delaware man who police blocked from warning of speed trap wins $50K judgment - eviltoast
    • funkless_eck@sh.itjust.works
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      1 year ago

      the residents and the police are both happy with this solution and it exactly describes my proposal, but it seems like you’re using this as proof it’s a bad idea?

      the only criticism is someone saying “it’s a bit of a money grab,” which - yeah, isn’t that the point of capitalism? So is selling bread, water, electricity, internet, books…

      but why I’m proposing it is because it decreases confrontation - in the context of someone being extra judiciously killed by police, so - which would you rather lose, $100? or your life?

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        1 year ago

        It does nothing to increase safety. Mailing someone a citation after the fact does nothing to stop the crime as it is being done. And, as is the case in Lindale, it doesn’t even make any money as a large majority of the recipients just throw them away.

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            1 year ago

            I’m speaking from a place of “I drive through Lindale and see this with my own eyes”.

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              1 year ago

              so we agree its a good thing?

              from your source:

              Last year, 17,300 speeding camera tickets were issued in Linndale — 3,319 fewer than in 2021, according to reports from the Parma Municipal Court.

              or are you arguing speeding in a 25mph zone is a good thing?

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                Are you not reading what I said? It doesn’t make the area safer. Receiving a ticket WEEKS after the fact does nothing to prevent or curtail the dangerous behavior WHEN IT IS OCCURRING. And it doesn’t make the actual street any safer because people slow down for that 100yd stretch then speed back up. Never mind the fact that a huge number of the tickets go straight into the trash.

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                  wouldn’t a decrease in tickets imply it is having an effect though?

                  and isn’t slowing down in a dangerous area to speed a provable effect of its success?

                  isn’t someone modifying their behavior after the fact better than not modifying it at all?

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                    1 year ago

                    Or maybe the decrease in tickets is because of the giant billboard a local smoke shop erected saying “there’s a speed trap here.”

                    Dude, just admit that this speed camera is a blatant cash grab.