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Example: Traffic Speed. Everyone always exceed the speed limit on highways. Why do we still have the limit? Like, either enforce it, or remove it. This stuff doesn't make sense at all.

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

How do you expect constant enforcement?

China did it.

They put cameras all over the highways, just mail them the fines and use the video recording as evidence.

I mean, you don't even need China's authoritarianism to acheive this, traffic cameras already exist in many democratic countries, just add more along the highway.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 hours ago (2 children)

Not sure how cost effective this would be :/

[–] FireRetardant 4 points 2 hours ago

Certainly cheaper than paying for a police cruiser and all their equipment and wages. Its also less likely for the camera to be racist, be bribed, or shoot someone.

Cars are so common and speeding ignored for long we'd probably need at least double the amount of cops to enfroce traffic if we got rid of red light and speeding cameras.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 hours ago

In China, they made up the costs from the fines they received... so its actually quite profitable, because people just can't resist the urge to speed.

I think the bigger problem isn't the costs, it's that there might be backlash and protests in a democracy.