Wuddi@lemmy.zip to News@lemmy.world · 22 days agoArizona city installs new speed cameras, then sees 30,000 traffic violations in 2 months - that’s one every 3 minuteswww.independent.co.ukexternal-linkmessage-square63fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10cross-posted to: [email protected]
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minus-squaretheparadox@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·22 days agoDo your police exist to harvest revenue from the population in order to support their budgets, or do you have a logical, reasonable method of funding law enforcement?
minus-squareEndlessNightmare@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·22 days agoThis violates the principle that crime shouldn’t pay. I interpret this to apply to everyone. No one should be profiting from criminal activity.
minus-squareauzy1@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·edit-222 days agoWe have both… The cameras aren’t a big deal here. The good thing is that it lets our police focus on other things Also, they’re calibrated anyway, and we get 4kmh (minimum) leeway Actually easier than getting pulled over by a cop
minus-squareauzy1@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·22 days agoActually, I’ll clarify. Our local sovcit idiots complain. The rest of us just don’t speed
minus-squareanon_8675309@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·edit-222 days agoThey should just take your license away for a day. There has to be SOME incentive to not speed…
minus-squareedible_funk@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up0·22 days agoThat would disproportionally affect the working poor.
minus-squareanon_8675309@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·22 days agoSo come up with some incentive to get people to drive like normal caring humans.
minus-squareheartSagan5@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up0·22 days agoSo, make it like Europe and then driving is just needed as supplemental rather than required? I think the car lobby is not okay with that.
Do your police exist to harvest revenue from the population in order to support their budgets, or do you have a logical, reasonable method of funding law enforcement?
The first one
This violates the principle that crime shouldn’t pay.
I interpret this to apply to everyone. No one should be profiting from criminal activity.
We have both…
The cameras aren’t a big deal here. The good thing is that it lets our police focus on other things
Also, they’re calibrated anyway, and we get 4kmh (minimum) leeway
Actually easier than getting pulled over by a cop
Actually, I’ll clarify. Our local sovcit idiots complain. The rest of us just don’t speed
They should just take your license away for a day.
There has to be SOME incentive to not speed…
That would disproportionally affect the working poor.
So come up with some incentive to get people to drive like normal caring humans.
So, make it like Europe and then driving is just needed as supplemental rather than required? I think the car lobby is not okay with that.