Showroom7561@lemmy.ca to Fuck Cars@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 days agoShower thought: Rather than traffic speed signs telling drivers how fast they are going, they should post what the consequence is for their current speed.message-squaremessage-square46linkfedilinkarrow-up167arrow-down19file-text
arrow-up158arrow-down1message-squareShower thought: Rather than traffic speed signs telling drivers how fast they are going, they should post what the consequence is for their current speed.Showroom7561@lemmy.ca to Fuck Cars@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 days agomessage-square46linkfedilinkfile-text
It might be more effective for the sign to read “4 points + $280 fine” instead of “80km/h” when you’re in a 40km/h zone, no?
minus-squareShowroom7561@lemmy.caOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·5 days agoIf tickets were assigned as a proportion of one’s income (with alternate consequences for low income people), then it might work out better. But the fact that fines are low, plus the chance you’ll never actually be caught, and it just becomes a recipe for disaster.
If tickets were assigned as a proportion of one’s income (with alternate consequences for low income people), then it might work out better.
But the fact that fines are low, plus the chance you’ll never actually be caught, and it just becomes a recipe for disaster.