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New kind of speed cameras more effective - Waka Kotahi
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this post was submitted on 18 Oct 2023
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Interesting that they're coming here. They are a common form of speed camera in the UK I believe, where they are generally hated. I'd love to see some data about their use and reducing crashes.
My concern is you could speed through an area, realize your mistake and pull over for 5 minutes, and avoid any fine. Perhaps this is an unwarranted concern, however.
Doing the math:
Lol, fair point mate
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No one who is going to baulk at this as an attack on their "right" to speed is going to stop to average it out.
Stopping is even more anathema to them than driving under the limit.
They'll just whine about it being "bullshit" to the rest of their mates.
Very true.
You could, but you will likely remember what the limit is next time.
The idea I think is for people who "normally" drive at 10 or 20kph above the speed limit, encouraging them to normally drive at the speed limit instead.
I guess we also don't know the threshold (1kph over probably won't get you a ticket, but will 5kph?)
Yeah the threshold would be interesting.
If we could normalize doing no more than the posted speed in this country, driving would be much more pleasant. Especially long trips.
It even right there in the name "limit".
It saddens me how many people think it's the lower limit.
That assumes they're actually making a mistake, instead of habitually driving too damn fast because they think they're more in control than physics is.
I think it's more likely to lead to people slowing down and not doing stuff like weaving in and out of traffic so they can keep going fast.
Whenever I feel like traffic is moving too slowly for me, I think about how long it would take me to walk instead. And then I chill out and enjoy my private climate controlled capsule and maybe turn up my music.
I remember them in the UK when we visited as long ago as 2012. My main recollection was that they seemed very effective at causing you to think very carefully about your speed, because in a long line of traffic nobody wants to be the person who drives extra slow to make up for accidentally going too fast a few seconds earlier.
I'm curious to know the reasons for them apparently being hated.
They’re hated because they’re seen as more intrusion, and make drivers stupid. Drivers will speed, and then slam on the brakes and go past the cameras slowly.
The UK is very different when it comes to speed cameras.
They also changed the rules (semi) recently; so that they will only install speed cameras in places where speeding has caused accidents. Which is reasonable imo.