Are speed limit cameras a dick move?

[Kingofkings1992]

I think they are

Yes

No

[Telekinetic-Potato]

I never drive in certain areas without the GPS because where I live the state has to declare where all the cameras are so they show up on Google maps.

They're ridiculous. It's a battle of mentalities of how the world should work. Some people think it needs to be as safe as possible. I believe the safer you are the less freedom there is and the more at risk you are that someone else is going to control your life how they want.

[Anonymous]

It depends where they're at. I don't have a problem if they're clearly visible. Because the point should be to discourage speading, not revenue. When they're hidden there's no doubt in my mind it's about revenue.

[Levin]

I am not a fan. Let's say the road is a 30 mph speed limit and you get caught for doing 34. That is just silly and arbitrary. You're not a robot and feasibly you will go a shade faster on certain parts of the roads. It's just an unaccountable bureaucracy. So in that scenario I get a speed awareness course, a fine or three points on my license. But it would make me bitter because I wouldn't think I deserve it, and going 34 on a 30 mph road doesn't necessarily make any tangible difference to safety. We're not robots, so if they don't want you to use your judgement then just give us driverless cars and be done with this pretense of us having autonomy. They shouldn't be trying to make the lives of people who are struggling to get by, having to work, etc, any more difficult than it should be. The sense of being controlled gets ever greater with all this technology, which is dangerous in my opinion.

If it's about safety then by all means, theoretically I could get behind that. But only punish those who are going a reasonable degree over the speed limit.

Also, they've stuck them on some very pretty country roads in England near where I live and they've made the whole thing an eyesore. These huge towering new yellow cameras and then yellow paintings, markings, signs all across the road. Looks like some fascist graffiti artist has been let loose.

[Kayla45]

Speed limit cameras might feel like a "dick move" to some drivers, especially if they catch people in moments where they feel the violation was minor or unintentional. However, they are primarily installed to promote road safety. These cameras are designed to reduce speeding, prevent accidents, and protect pedestrians and other drivers. While they can be frustrating when you're caught going a little over the limit, their primary goal is to deter dangerous driving behavior. Saving lives is also incredibly important.

The negative feelings often come from the sense of being surveilled or penalized without the human discretion that might come from a police officer. Unlike a person, a camera can’t take context into account—it just records the violation and issues a fine. This can feel rigid or unfair in certain situations, but the counter-argument is that they apply the law consistently. Which will also help people maintain a good balance between safe driving and safety.

Ultimately, whether speed cameras feel like a "dick move" depends on personal perspective. Some see them as necessary for safety, while others view them as frustrating or overly strict. While others just say it as to get away with everything in life.

[Anonymous]

This is about money, not safety. I don't live in a small town, I live in one of the most populated cities in America, and though not the same thing, the city just decided to impose stop light cameras a few years back, aka, run the light, get a ticket. In theory, it should be a shut and case thing right. Except it doesn't factor in things like, someone behind you trying to equally make the light going just as fast as you are, and if you just dead stopped...to not get the ticket...they're going to slam into you which was happening. Also some guy just tested the theory of how ruthless the cameras were by physically walking a license plate through the light when it turned red, and he was sent a ticket. If someone were double checking these things, they would have seen a man walking through a light is not a car! It took like 4 months before we voted for them to all be taken down as it was clear this was a money grab and more proved in many cases, more dangerous than not having them.

School zones, okay, there is probably only a 1% chance you would ever need to go far above the zone for any reason, but freeways, no. I mean, okay, if you're clocking in at $40+ miles above it, then okay sure, automated ticket could seem reasonable, but if this thing is like if you go a mile or even 10 miles above it, that's ridiculous.

[nolabels]

Yes.

The municipality in which I live used them for a while before the populace railed against them.

They only served to temporarily overflow the coffers of our town's treasury, which was already flush from the town's extremely high tax rate.

They served very little in way of making the streets safer, as proven by a third-party study.

They ultimately ended up costing our town quite a bit in funds in having them removed.

[blueonblack22]

Depends on where they are located and if they will send you a ticket for going saying 2 over.

They make sense if they see in school zones and/or other highly trafficked pedestrian areas. Also it’s one thing if they catch someone going 20-30+ over. But quite another if they are just going 1-5 over.

[Iron_Man]

If you go over 10 mph The set speed limit in a school zone, they take a picture of your tag and you get a automatic $100 ticket they just showed this on the news two days ago. Also if you go around a school bus, that’s stopping to let kids out either to the right or the left you get a close to a $200 ticket

[Surely]

There are certain areas that you should not be speeding or running red lights.
Work zones and school zones included. But no tickets for one mph over the limit!
No cameras immediately at the change of speed limits. With today’s technology. The newer gps systems in cars could actually not allow you to speed! Imagine how that would be accepted!

[Puppystarfish23]

I think it's more of a dick move to go over the speed limit and possibly seriously hurt or kill someone but that's just my opinion 🤔

[Smashingdoozy]

Only if you're speeding... Which you just maybe shouldn't do 😏

[SugarSugarplum]

Not when you realize how many people get hit by cars in a school zone.

[bolverk]

A round schools NO it is not a dick move, Ideally the roads around the school should be engineered to keep traffic speeds down.

[onedarkcloud]

They are money makers for the City, State, and County. They were only for use around schools Monday through Friday in NYC now they are on seven days a week.

[thearchjoker]

their often necessary with how some madmen & madgals drive

[dreamstar72]

Yes, but if the cameras allowed a 10 mph override then maybe it’s not that big of deal

[genericname85]

entirely depends on how strict they are with the tolerances in my opinion.

[exitseven]

It is just a big money grab.

[SuchSightsToShowYou]

Speeding in a school zone is a dick move.

[LiamJHayden]

Yes. Wannabe tyrants in action.

[Juxtapose]

Yeah, cus speeding can be an inevitably.

[QuietRunner]

Noise cameras are even better