Reminds me of a past mayor of the city I live in. One of his talking points was too get rid of the speeding cameras in the city. He came into office and did a photo op covering the first camera. A few weeks later his son died due to an accident caused by wreckless speeding driver in City center.
“There is little evidence” that automated traffic enforcement is an effective tool at either “improving traffic safety [or] limiting violent interactions between law enforcement and drivers during minor traffic stops … when enforcement is predicated simply on the assessment of financial sanctions," the group Fines and Fees Justice Center argued in its report.
Reminds me of a past mayor of the city I live in. One of his talking points was too get rid of the speeding cameras in the city. He came into office and did a photo op covering the first camera. A few weeks later his son died due to an accident caused by wreckless speeding driver in City center.
The driver may have been reckless (irresponsible), but the incident was not wreckless (lacking a wreck)
Did it convince him to change his mind on that his policy on the cameras? Or did he just continue on?
That’s sad.
Certainly not an accident. That was a entirely preventable collision
Speeding cameras wouldn’t have changed that.
https://usa.streetsblog.org/2024/03/20/is-automated-enforcement-making-u-s-cities-safer-or-just-raising-revenue
Not to mention, many cameras are hidden and create false positives. They get mailed tickets and have to spend a day in court.