The War on Cars
“We don't right now have any information about who put them up. We do know that they're very professionally designed signs. They're very large. They're very well done. So someone went to a lot of trouble to put these large signs up.”
https://www.cpr.org/2024/11/21/boulder-explicit-traffic-safety-signs/
Sini Tuulia
@prokyonid Just in case nobody else is going to mention it, just make the fines scale to monthly earnings or assets... In Finland some asshole had to pay a 121 000€ fine ($129,544) for speeding, as he damn well should. Make it hurt the rich people, as well, it's very simple.
prokyonid
@VirginiaHolloway @sky @johnlogic A fine is always an unjust punishment for any crime, on the basis of socioeconomics - because it means wealthy people can just pay their way out of trouble.
Passing a bus with the sign out should not incur a fine - but it should be grounds to automatically pull your license.
Virginia Holloway
@sky @johnlogic In all seriousness, my city just implemented cameras that catch drivers who pass school busses stopped with the lights flashing and STOP signs sticking out. A lot of drivers are being caught and serious people are complaining that it’s unfair on socio economic grounds to fine people since many are impoverished or from minority communities. Apparently just not passing stopped school busses isn’t an option people are willing to consider.
Virginia Holloway
@sky @johnlogic We don’t really. Not much anyway. You know, FREEDOM!
Sky Leite
@johnlogic This can't be how I find out the USA doesn't have traffic radars. WTF
John Carlsen 🇺🇸🇳🇱🇪🇺
How about automatic photo enforcement?
For example, London uses automatic cameras to send citations for speeding and not maintaining safe following distances.
I'd add that if a camera catches a driver with a phone in their hand or earbuds in, they should be cited too.
If a license plate reader detects a fake plate, that should trigger a real-time notice to police to pull over and arrest the driver.
jcriecke
@TheWarOnCars maybe if the DOT doesn't want people putting up fake signs calling out unsafe driving then they should do something about all the unsafe driving?
valhalla
@sinituulia @prokyonid this.
it may not solve 100% of cases, but who cares, when it is so much better than the alternative for more than 90% of them
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