needledicklarry

needledicklarry t1_j0hfh4n wrote

It’s not cool that people do that but cameras are just money machines for the gov that punish the average citizen

Look at 83, the people who used to drive crazy on it still do, while the rest of us are slowed to an agonizing crawl. It takes almost twice as long to get anywhere off 83 now. Those people who drive like maniacs don’t care about being ticketed. Also, people drive more erratically because of the cameras, speeding up then pumping their brakes when they know they’re coming up on one. It makes the roads far more dangerous than before.

By the same token, people who regularly run red lights do not care if they are ticketed. The people who get punished are the average citizens who are put into a situation where the light turns yellow and it is too late to stop safely, so they risk a ticket instead of slamming on the brakes and causing an accident. This happens even more regularly when the road is wet, and it rains a lot here.

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