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Here in the United States speed cameras are awesome because the devices only gives tickets and are unable to Terry stop or regular stop vehicles for contraband searching
Love speed cameras
They are terrible for other reasons, such as being incredibly unreliable and used as a source of income.
Way better than the jackboots hassling you for their income and think the speed cameras cost less and charge less
Only travel with clear tubs now anyways with everything viewable but still especially these days anything can get pulled over
Had camping equipment in the vehicle and got pulled over on suspicion of being homeless before
Shit is real down here y'all must have nicer enforcers
They don't replace cops with speed cameras, the speed cameras are in addition to the jackboot thug behavior.
Well, in a lot of Ontario, we don't really have traffic enforcement. People vandalize these cameras, and then we lose virtually all traffic enforcement.
What even os this, Is it a crime to be homeless?
In the US it is effectively illegal by making sleeping somewhere other than a building for 'too long' a crime. Sleeping on the street, and even sleeping at campgrounds for too many days is criminalized. Homeless encampments are destroyed and possessions lost, which is the equivalent of a fine in practice.
In my experience, they work for what they’re intended—to keep traffic at, or close to, the posted speed limit. A 3 mile stretch that I drive regularly has two cameras. It’s a straight stretch that people would fly down before the cameras. Now, people noticeably stay close to the limit.