Speed cameras A deterrent or a cash cow?

[Andre]

Oh and the sly bastards have stated that its too hard to identify motor cycles with only a rego plate on the back and they say police want them both ends now so its easier to see specailly at night blah blah blah.

Ive noticed that the speed cameras on overhead bridges on freeways only point the way you are comming from (they cant catch bikes cause the numbers on the back ) pppppppppppppppppppppppppppp

[Beanz]

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A Cash Cow

[Gandalf]

I can see the need in residential areas and near schools, but otherwise they are quite daft. A speed camera on the highway breaks the flow and everyone is concentrating on their navigation system. I think in that situation safety is irrelevant, cameras increase the potential for carnage at high speeds.

[Dia bando]

North Wales Police, are a pain in the ass they have a mobile speed camera, in a horse box trailer
I kid you not hiding behind hedges.No welcome in the hillside, if your a Motorist or Motor cyclist
coming to this part of Wales.

[Spicoli]

Cash cow no doubt. They are literally all over the place down here but as of last year they are on the way out. They were ruled unconstitutional then it was overturned and once again ruled so. They are actually talking about a Judge ordering refunds for those fined!!

I think they cause more danger then cure. We've had more than a few sudden brakings and rear end collisions as well as people spending more time looking up for 6,7 cameras and hitting objects and pedestrians. A big part of it was the number of photos and the rights of passengers etc. Its all a money grab. They pisser is you have no grounds to dispute or even talk to an officer or City official. They mailed a picture and a due date...that was IT! You called City Hall or court house and its a recording!! I'll be looking for my $150 in the mail....fuckers

[Mark TKO]

cash cow no doubt

I dont mind ones on motorways or odd one on wide roads that are 30mph etc...

But the ones on roads where the speed limit continually changes 30-40-30 etc.. every few hundred yards really fuck me off. The cameras are right after the speed changes too. Don't tel me they are there for fucking safety reasons.

Coincidentally I been caught out twice by one of these twats where it drops to 30 One was at 2am too. Cunts

[VictorCharlie]

A few years ago we had a lot of them in urban areas but when citizens started bringing them up at city/county meetings it became clear it was not meant as a deterrent but rather a means to raise revenue. Compound that with people realizing that the "ticket" was not an actual court ordered fine and could be ignored the legal challenges pretty much finished it off. Thankfully we aren't so much a fascist nation that we couldn't throw off this big brother racket.

[Dia bando]

Trouble is with a speeding fine over here, comes 3 points if you accumulate 12 point in a 3 year period
you are banned off the road, depending on the of offense you may have to retake your driving test.
You may have to pass a advance driving test, to get back on the road.