mondoman712@lemmy.ml to Fuck Cars@lemmy.mlEnglish · 10 months agoSpeed camera cut down for second time in Cornwallwww.bbc.comexternal-linkmessage-square130fedilinkarrow-up1239arrow-down147file-text
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It’s insane the lengths that some people will go to save a few seconds on their commute, while also endangering others.
minus-squareverysoft@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up28arrow-down7·10 months agoSpeed cameras do prevent speeding, they are used to trap in some cases, but almost always they are sign posted, which causes people to slow down.
minus-squareunmagical@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up8arrow-down13·10 months agoThat sounds like the signs have a correlated impact more than the cameras having a causal relationship.
minus-squarelud@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up11·10 months agoThe signs work because people are scared of speeding cameras. If you put up signs everywhere without backing them up with cameras people will obviously ignore them. The cameras are doing the real work, the signs are just for people new to the area.
minus-squareverysoft@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down1·edit-210 months agoThere’s not much point arguing with these people my guy. There’s no rational thinking.
Speed cameras do prevent speeding, they are used to trap in some cases, but almost always they are sign posted, which causes people to slow down.
That sounds like the signs have a correlated impact more than the cameras having a causal relationship.
The signs work because people are scared of speeding cameras.
If you put up signs everywhere without backing them up with cameras people will obviously ignore them.
The cameras are doing the real work, the signs are just for people new to the area.
There’s not much point arguing with these people my guy. There’s no rational thinking.