Sfuckcars·Fuck CarsbyStormwind Oakland installed new automated speed cameras. Drivers’ behavior changed dramaticallyhttps://www.eastbaytimes.com/2026/08/20/oakland-drivers-are-slowing-down-near-speed-cameras-could-red-light-cameras-be-next/Open linkView original on lemmy.world23Comments5Reply
ddustyData lemmy.worldPeople drove a tiny bit slower. But since the city can't actually give tickets and these are civil and not criminal charges, they expect the behavior to switch back over time. Watch them fumble and get a flock camera contract instead. There, save you a click.20Reply
SScratch replysh.itjust.worksBut what about narrower roads? Perhaps making space for protected bike lanes and sidewalks, maybe shaded by trees?8Reply
SScoffingLizard lemmy.dbzer0.comCameras are not the way. We should leave this world a better place, not a surveillance nightmare. There is no excuse and this is not okay.11Reply
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People drove a tiny bit slower. But since the city can't actually give tickets and these are civil and not criminal charges, they expect the behavior to switch back over time. Watch them fumble and get a flock camera contract instead.
There, save you a click.
Or hear me out; speed bumps & roundabouts and hedges.
But what about narrower roads? Perhaps making space for protected bike lanes and sidewalks, maybe shaded by trees?
Cameras are not the way. We should leave this world a better place, not a surveillance nightmare. There is no excuse and this is not okay.