City of Ottawa data from a handful of former photo radar sites show a steep drop in driver compliance through school and community safety zones.

cross-posted from: https://sh.itjust.works/post/53463866

cross-posted from: https://sh.itjust.works/post/53463841

Before the cameras were installed four years ago, roughly 17 per cent of motorists followed the posted speed limits. … In the last year before the cameras were banned, compliance reached 87 per cent.

Within a week of the cameras’ removal, that fell to 62 per cent, and three weeks later, it had dropped to 50 per cent.

…

Carlucci says it’s time for drivers to reflect and consider one simple question.

“Why are you speeding in a school zone?”

Eliminating speed cameras is tacit approval of speeding.

  • DaddleDew@lemmy.worldEnglish
    13·
    9 days ago

    That’s because driving the speed limit on those roads feels downright painful and the speed cameras were just a bandaid solution to begin with. You want people to slow down? Change the road design so it doesn’t feel like driving on a highway. Narrow it down and make it windy. People will naturally slow down and will feel comfortable doing it too.

  • jjjalljs@ttrpg.networkEnglish
    9·
    10 days ago

    Eliminating speed cameras is tacit approval of speeding.

    It’s a little insane to me how speeding is handled.

    If it’s a serious law, it should be uniformly enforced. None of this “cops pull over some people” nonsense that opens the door to harassment and quotas.

    Furthermore, fines need to scale with wealth.