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Fuck. Off. With. Your. Surveillance. State. Bullshit.
We had a driver for a trip near London. The driver was driving quickly, but then slowed before getting to a speed-averaging camera checkpoint, saying how they weren't going to catch him speeding.
I thought about it, I did. But I can't justify that logic. If you can't cross that line until a certain time (or else get a citation), then you're not speeding unless you break that rule. If you speed up and then slow down to average-out your speed, you're just driving bad, not saving time.
Anyways, I was just amused that they had a system that seemed more foolproof, and yet it wasn't accomplishing its intended goal for this one driver. That was just one person, I know.
Exactly. And that why these average speed zones are more effective in enforcing speed limits. Most people get the point and grasp the idea of average speed.
By the way, I've been driving in England for several weeks over tge last moths. They drive like idiots over there. And I must admit we Belgians aren't the best drivers either but damn...
I was amazed by the courtiousness I've encountered on Slovenian and Montenegrin roads. The contrast is huge.
There are still plenty of old fashioned speed cameras, no surveillance required.
I know what you're trying to say but literally any camera is surveillance. It takes pictures/video of a given area. It provides overwatch in lieu of a human. It just surveils for a specific thing.
That data can be used for other, nefarious, purposes and Americans tend to hate that unless it's a private company doing it.
Automated speed or red light camera's aren't the same as the invasive ANPR/ALPR crap.
We have red light camera's for ages. They only register when someone runs a red light. That's used to be a hoge problem when I was young. These days it's non existent.
Same for speed enforcement camera's. You don't speed, you're not under surveillance.
Either way they were absused, if not for servillaince then for revenue.
I haven't payed any speeding tickets in years since I stick to the speed limit.
That's what they claim, but you have no way to verify
Actually I do and I did. I've requested the DPIA and the technical specifications through freedom of information request.