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ryan cooper
@ryanlcooper.com

in Finland where the automated tickets are scaled to your income--one rich guy got dinged for 121,000 euros--they also do not like getting traffic citations in the mail, SO THEY DO NOT SPEED

Boo!-per Lund@cooperlund.online

Another person whose car has made them completely insane

ryan cooper
@ryanlcooper.com

every speed camera has a big ass sign before and next to it, and they're punched into Google maps. they do not want you paying that ticket, they want you driving in a safe and sensible manner

ryan cooper
@ryanlcooper.com

yep. and in an American context it's just irritable low-trust "damn gubmint" libertarianism with a micron-thin coat of leftist sloganeering

lastpositivist.bsky.social@lastpositivist.bsky.social

The Recurring Speed Camera Discourse is a bit exasperating really because, look, we all know what's actually happening is people just want to be able to commit the pertinent crimes and don't like being punished for it, but people come up with obvious post-hoc pseudo-woke rationalisations for this.

AFewBees
@paraj.bsky.social

I do think at least some of it comes from people inherently realizing that A) there are a ton of bullshit speedtraps and B) american roads are built to actively encourage speeding, but IMO thats why you fix A and B and not go against basic ticketing cameras

Jack
@kuuga.bsky.social

There is no such thing as a bullshit speed trap, is the thing. People are more empowered than ever to know the current speed limit and to operate at that limit. If you get caught by a speed trap you are a distracted driver.