discussion split from property thread in TGD by aj
You can't correlate reducation in road deaths with speed cameras. Speed cameras slow people down in the particular spot that they are installed. All fixed cameras in France have signs on the road about 1km before the cameras. The standard practics here is everyone driving on the motorway at 140-150, suddenly everyone slows to 130 for about 2 kms, then back to 150. It's a tax on people who didn't spot the signs.
How do you explain the low death rates on german autobahns most of which have no speed limits?
A crack down on bad driving and improvement in the roads would be more effective at controlling road deaths but that would require effort and money. Something politicians are allergic to.
Both in France and Australia, practice shows that if you start controlling speed and effectively punishing people for it with fines and points penalties, they slow down.
You can't correlate reducation in road deaths with speed cameras. Speed cameras slow people down in the particular spot that they are installed. All fixed cameras in France have signs on the road about 1km before the cameras. The standard practics here is everyone driving on the motorway at 140-150, suddenly everyone slows to 130 for about 2 kms, then back to 150. It's a tax on people who didn't spot the signs.
How do you explain the low death rates on german autobahns most of which have no speed limits?
A crack down on bad driving and improvement in the roads would be more effective at controlling road deaths but that would require effort and money. Something politicians are allergic to.