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Hit The Brakes: State Governments Raise Traffic Fees.
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Hit The Brakes: State Governments Raise Traffic Fees.
Those traffic cameras, like Jay Leno said, Why don't you just shoot them
out? http://www.ukspeedcameras.co.uk cuhulin |
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Hit The Brakes: State Governments Raise Traffic Fees.
> wrote in message ... > Those traffic cameras, like Jay Leno said, Why don't you just shoot them > out? > > http://www.ukspeedcameras.co.uk > cuhulin > That would be a big mistake. |
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"hls" > wrote in
: > > > wrote in message > ... >> Those traffic cameras, like Jay Leno said, Why don't you just shoot them >> out? >> >> http://www.ukspeedcameras.co.uk >> cuhulin >> > > That would be a big mistake. > > Speed enforcement has little or nothing to do with "safety". -- Tegger |
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"Tegger" > wrote in message ... > "hls" > wrote in >> That would be a big mistake. >> > Speed enforcement has little or nothing to do with "safety". > Tegger > Perhaps...knowing that you are being watched, can be identified, and will be held to task for your misbehaviour will, I believe, cause people to drive more responsibly. The old saw "When the cat's away, the mice will play" is as true now as ever. |
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"hls" > wrote in
: > > "Tegger" > wrote in message > ... >> "hls" > wrote in > >>> That would be a big mistake. >>> >> Speed enforcement has little or nothing to do with "safety". > >> Tegger >> > > Perhaps...knowing that you are being watched, can be identified, and > will be held to task for your misbehaviour will, I believe, cause > people to drive more responsibly. Perhaps, except that your belief is not backed up by any sort of evidence. Collisions, injuries, and death trends tend to follow the weather in the short term, and the economy in the long term. When the cops report the success of their latest "crackdown", they usually report the ostensible effectiveness of their efforts without mentioning that the trend was heading in that direction anyway. I've seen it where collisions, injuries, and deaths INCREASED during a "crackdown". The cops are notably silent in those cases. > > The old saw "When the cat's away, the mice will play" is as true > now as ever. Getting ticketed for a moving violation happens so infrequently that it's about as close to winning a reverse-lottery as you can get. Most people are not at all thinking about getting nabbed by the cops; they're just driving according to road design and ambient conditions. Most speed limits these days are too low for the design of the road. The cops and prosecutors love this, as it ensures lots of tickets and convictions; this is how their respective job performances are measured. Traffic enforcement is more political and personal than anything else. "Safety" has little or nothing to do with it. -- Tegger |
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"hls" > wrote in
: > > "Tegger" > wrote in message > ... >> "hls" > wrote in > >>> That would be a big mistake. >>> >> Speed enforcement has little or nothing to do with "safety". > >> Tegger >> > > Perhaps...knowing that you are being watched, can be identified, and > will be held to task for your misbehaviour will, I believe, cause > people to drive more responsibly. > > The old saw "When the cat's away, the mice will play" is as true > now as ever. > The one thing that decreases crime as well: knowing or thinking you will be caught. -- (setq (chuck nil) car(chuck) ) |
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Hit The Brakes: State Governments Raise Traffic Fees.
On 2010-03-23, hls > wrote:
> Perhaps...knowing that you are being watched, can be identified, and > will be held to task for your misbehaviour will, I believe, cause people to > drive more responsibly. I think you're on to something. Perhaps we should permit government to put cameras in our homes. This will certainly curtail a lot of misbehavior that otherwise goes unreported. > The old saw "When the cat's away, the mice will play" is as true > now as ever. Indeed. So you are saying that your vision of the ideal society is something like this: http://video.google.com/videoplay?do...5623984168940# -- Roger Blake (Change "invalid" to "com" for email. Google Groups killfiled due to spam.) "Obama dozed while people froze." |
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