Europe does some things much better than the US.
One of them: Traffic enforcement
In Europe: speed cameras In the US: cops hide in a bush
Why waste police time on this?
also: higher speed limits on highways, lower in cities
Positive users praise Europe's speed cameras for fairer automated enforcement than traditional policing while negative users call them intrusive surveillance or revenue-driven with poor placement.
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@bscholl IMO bad speed limits are a bug. We have those in the US.
But enforcing sane ones automatically is a good.
Speed limit is 83mph, enforcement kicks in at ~88 mph, seems fine/good
@pitdesi Speed limit enforcement is a bug not a feature
@pitdesi Speed limit enforcement is a bug not a feature
@pitdesi Divergent view: automation isn’t always better. Eg: the one thing that irked me about speed cameras in Switzerland was their placement. Many times they were placed right after a speed change. How do you expect to go from 70 to 50 in seconds on a freeway. It’s a revenue scheme.
@LakshyaRustagi Every time I have been pulled over by a cop in the US it has been immediately after a speed change! That’s the place cops always get you.
So that is an issue in both places not specifically to do with speed cameras.
@pitdesi It’s seems better but considering they have to warm you clearly of approaching camera and navigation makes it very easy to game
@pitdesi Europe is generally much better at all aspects of policing. Way more cops than the typical US city. Many countries have nationalized professional police that get involved in local crimes to a much greater extent than FBi. Very little tolerance for anti social behavior.
@pitdesi Sure, I buy that. Also speed limits should be much higher than they are today in most places.
@Happyjuss Which is fine imo
@pitdesi In UK on M25 approximately 10 years ago, you could figure out speed camera location based on speed of cars ahead of you.
@pitdesi We need these cams in India
@pitdesi Speed cameras > cowboy cops any day.
@pitdesi I suspect American cops want that kind of labor intensive process here. Same deal for dock workers being dead set against automation. Cops hiding in the bush all day beats doing real police work chasing after criminals while collecting the same paycheck.
@pitdesi Because dragnet surveillance sucks