Activists who want to reduce road fatalities.

People with close friends who have died on our dangerous roads who have researched how we can make them safer.

Those are the people who are likely to cite studies on these topics. I fall into the second category.

So the company that you work for will have speed cameras with big signs alerting us to the speed cameras? Can you show us a sample?

I still think the LED disco lights of a police cruiser is far more visible and serves as a better deterrent than any sign.

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Man, the PR folks are prepared tonight - you've got the studies to show this! I mean, other than PR folks, who else is ready with scientific evidence and studies? I think you've just proved my point.

The speed cameras are going to be more visible than police cruisers with signs alerting you before you enter the work zone

Studies have consistently shown that speed camera enforcement reduces driver speed.

But I'm sure you'll deny any scientific evidence that you disagree with as propaganda.

You can continue to believe everyone who disagrees with you is some evil lizard person. Have fun on your flat earth.

And making it a lesser civil fine frequently makes it nearly impossible to fight. Fighting your average traffic citation written by police officer - in most jurisdictions - at least carries the fiction that you can fight it in court. You may not get that day in court with a civil violation.

Last part - these traffic cameras are incredibly regressive taxation. The wealthy hedge fund manager from Greenwich gets hit with the same fine as the single mother of two barely making ends meet that just missed a speed sign. Whether you like law enforcement or not, they are still human beings that likely wouldn't hesitate to write up the Greenwich guy or give a break to the single mom - you don't have that with a camera that sends a ticket to everyone.

I'd hear stories from Asian countries where wealthy conglomerate owners that liked cars wouldn't give two shits about the cameras and would speed everywhere because, well, when you can pay the fine, who cares?

There gonna blind ppl cause its just gonna flash constantly

Soooo annoying. I moved out of North Madison a couple years ago and though some things I miss… that nonsense is not it lol

I'm excited; hopefully it goes well and we can expand it beyond work zones.

Yeah - I'd rather properly deter speeders and reckless drivers by having a solid law enforcement presence that does actually slow people down. Not a "gotcha" camera that sends fines in the mail days or weeks later that does almost nothing to slow these speeders down at the moment of their violation.

Or do you just want to save the money that we'd spend on overtime / law enforcement to do the job right?

Yup, anything that raises revenue will just keep creeping up, particularly when you have private companies profiting from the cameras and lobbying our government officials.

Just look at how the first federal income tax highest bracket was 5%. Or how the Alternative Minimum Tax was intended to hit the 155 highest income families but then by 2017 was hitting 5.2 million households.

OP was the guy who posted a thread encouraging New Milford to have armed guards at school. You know who he voted for.

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Wife pitched this idea to me this week and I was like, you want me to plant… my sworn enemy?

Did a little reading and I’m all in. Fuck mowing every week, fuck fertilizer and watering. I get that it’s not for everyone and I do love a traditional grass yard but I’m willing to try it.

Wife has never been stung by a bee either, so I figure she can pop that cherry with a shitwhack of clover everywhere.

But it doesn't do it more effectively.

What are we trying to accomplish here? Raise revenue for private companies - then yes, definitely more effective.

But actually reduce speeds and increase safety? You need visible deterrents - such as a police cruiser.

And who says they need to stop people? A police cruiser with its lights on in a construction site is a far better deterrent than hidden camera to slow people down - nothing sets off brake lights quicker than cruiser with its disco lights going.

Nice try, PR guy.

Welcome to the new world order.

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"I'm a shill that vigorously defends traffic cams but I'll gaslight anyone that calls me a shill."

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When I went to get my driver's license I got a warning ticket because my mom's car at the time didn't have the front plate on.

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Work zone speed limit is not 65