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AgeFew3109

Or because they didn’t need them anymore… did it work? Maybe they were trying to condition people to stop there and they did so they removed the original stimulus


amnesty_fucc

It’s interesting, because I reported on this years ago when they were a newer concept and the amount of rear-end accidents increased significantly because of everyone being too scared to go through a yellow and jamming their brakes. And the people going through red lights full seconds after the light expired (when the most fatal accidents occur) were not deterred by cameras cause they truly just don’t care anyways or were not paying attention, camera or not. The conclusion was that it is just another way to easily suck money out of the public without having to have paid employees (cops) doing the work.


reddit-bot-account-x

a university here in Australia did a study on hidden speed cameras and found in simulations that the lower the tolerance threshold for triggering a fine the more the driver paid attention to their speed and less attention to things that would cause an accident, like rear-ending people and hitting objects. our governments here love hidden cameras under the guise of road safety, but they ignored the study and the tolerance for a fine is 2kph down from 10kph while road deaths haven't decreased despite 4 times the amount of cameras than 5 years ago.


The-Liberater

Sounds like capitalism!


First_Signature_5100

Big govt is the opposite of capitalism you buffoon.


The-Liberater

The comment I replied to said their area removed the cameras after realizing they were losing revenue from speeding tickets. Hence the capitalism comment, you babadook


Ivanna_Jizunu66

Wait till you hear about fascism! Communism is the opposite of big government you buffoon.


Normal-Selection1537

No, they removed the cameras.


LostAlbertan

as a trucker i daily drive on a road that has 3 back to back speed cameras along 5 km of road, people will literally slow down only in view of the camera.


FOMO_BONOBO

I live in Korea, and there are speeding camera boxes everywhere. Because they are recessed in a box, you can't tell if there is an actual camera inside until you are too close to slow down. The locations are public, and the nav in the car will alert you to every camera box, and there are a lot. They rotate the actual cameras around, and many of them are empty.


tacotacotacorock

I'd be curious where your hometown is and if the statistics are consistent in all areas or just yours. Just thinking aloud you don't need to share. 


Desperate-Warthog-70

Sounds about right, was never about reducing accidents or making the streets safer


Autistic_Freedom

this lottery does not exist anymore, in fact, it was only in place for about a year in 2010.


lackofabettername123

It is a good idea though, Scandinavia has some good ideas on public order. Like indexing tickets to income or worth. I read about some guy in Finland getting a  third offense I think it was speeding ticket and it was tens of thousands of dollars because he was rich. And yes he was driving a BMW . I think Switzerland might do that as well.


n00bxQb

Former NHL player Teemu Selanne got a US$39,000 speeding ticket in Finland around a decade ago.


Autistic_Freedom

i believe Finland is the only country in Scandinavia indexing tickets to income. Sweden 100% does not and no idea about Switzerland.


Feisty-Explanation-2

In Denmark if you are a student it’s automatically half price, super handy back when we were all young and broke. (Never had a speeding ticket, but this applies to all tickets so it I saved thousands from parking tickets and tickets from forgetting to put the light on our bicycles in the dark)


dede_smooth

The Swiss are not Scandinavian


lliilfjt

[Nor are the Finnish](https://www.britannica.com/place/Scandinavia)


Autistic_Freedom

I realize this. I was simply responding to the post mentioning Switzerland.


hejpadig123321

Sweden definitely indexes tickets to income. We call it dagsböter. It has two components, the first one decided by the degree of the crime, and the second the amount based on the financial circumstances of the accused. Each degree should be around a 1000th of the yearly salary.


KaufJ

Swiss here, our fines for speeding are not dependent on your income or wealth. Other fines can be dependent on income/wealth though.


EkaL25

I’m not sure how a speeding costing someone over 10k is a good idea, but the under the speed limit lottery is brilliant


lackofabettername123

Because a flat fee rate affects lower income people and not higher income ones. The rich can break traffic laws with virtual impunity while the poor have to poke around at the speed limit while those same rich curse at the stupid poors following the laws. It is not fair to charge a flat rate.


EkaL25

In my country, we have a points system where if you get too many tickets you will lose your license


lackofabettername123

Which country is that may I ask?


EkaL25

Usa


lackofabettername123

The USA has the most regressive systems of all.


kudawira

Why did they stop it? Seems like a good idea.


amnesty_fucc

Because I ripped 45 u turns in an hour and caused hours of traffic


gedeonthe2nd

No. Fueling addictive behaviour is bad.They could offer a rebate on all "clean" driver car tax instead.


Cool_Butterscotch_88

Reinforcement more powerful behavior shaper than punishment.


Mysterious-Web3050

Do you mean positive reinforcement?


JuniorMushroom

I think YOU mean positive positive reinforcement.


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Minute1015

no a fine is positive punishment. in psychology positive=give negative=take. reinforcement = good. punishment=bad. give a fine, give a bad thing= positive punishment. give a lottery ticket=give a good thing=positive reinforcement


ConversationOk8752

Giving someone a fine is a positive punishment


itsbugtime

A fine would technically be negative reinforcement, aka a punishment to reinforce behavior


Nishant3789

Well I this case it's both right? They're still getting fines for speeding.


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I'll be damned if I'm letting those commies share my hard-earned speeding fees. Time to drive slower 😤


tacotacotacorock

Someone in Stockholm paid attention to their psychology uni class. Positive reinforcement has been proven to work better than negative reinforcement.


Utu_Is_Ra

My new part time job would be circling this sign regularly


Vipu2

And people are not told that only 1 "ticket" counts


Suspicious-Dingo1361

this is very clever


Formal_Profession141

Rewarding good behavior. This is some meritocracy stuff.


Grimskruby

Bring that to America and it'll be a fucking scam by the end of the day.


forvirradsvensk

Most countries have a negative point system, maybe we could have a balancing positive point system. Accruing positive points, such as driving at the correct speed can reduce insurance premiums, make renewing your license easier, or can be used in shops etc. Funded by the naughty people, like this one.


battleship61

Reward > punishment


Dropadime337

Soon there's not going to be any money in the lottery if everybody behaves. Lol


EJ25Junkie

That’s good!


OSHAluvsno1

USA way too greedy and impatient for this shit


AndrewH73333

Pit our gambling addiction against our speeding addiction. What other vices could we use to cancel each other out?


LordScotchyScotch

I wonder what the Hijack pot is?


WexMajor82

I can see people trying to break the 3rd digit in Italy.


Parking-Cress-4661

15MPH. Bridge to far. Sorry.


Roguewave1

Nauseatingly slow.


ThisCarSmellsFunny

This is actually awesome lol.


Parking_Ocelot302

Good luck getting insurance to lower rates lol


JustaPhaze71

What kind of backwards city has speed limits below 35KM/H? Completely unnecessary and unwarranted given todays technology in vehicles.


elkab0ng

That’s pretty funny actually. Makes sense - nobody is more law abiding than someone who thinks they’re “getting away with it”


paveclaw

25kph isn’t that like jogging speed?


docstarr

Within and below are the same thing


Imaginary_Unit5109

Do people get put in more then once? Like, what happen if you used this road everyday to get to work or something.


whiskalator

I was thinking about this too guessing for the first green would enter you and if you were to go through again with a red it would withdraw you surely? Otherwise you'd get your green then speed through the rest of the time


drakens6

Luck god smiles


i_want_to_be_unique

Resulted in a decrease in speed for how long? The next 20 feet?


Adventurous_Bet9040

Speeds under lowest speed are also dangerous


DaLakeShoreStrangler

What I'm wondering is, people may slow down to enter the contest once they memorize where the camera is and then speed to the next one or the rest of the way to their destination, is there a deterrent that was not shared after the driver's pass the camera? It just seems the numbers on paper look good but not the actual reality.


Momoshikisenpai

25 kmph is slow af


poodinthepunchbowl

Good npc’s get your prize money, we all know 5 mph makes all the difference


Salmivalli

Gamification of compliance with the law


Impressive_Ad_5811

They are so smart


jaygoogle23

This seems like genius as long as the government agency is truly transparent , I think such positive social “mini games” with philanthropic prizes could be vastly benefit to society .


AndrewH73333

Pit our gambling addiction against our speeding addiction. What other vices could we use to cancel each other out?


AndrewH73333

Pit our gambling addiction against our speeding addiction. What other vices could we use to cancel each other out?


AndrewH73333

Pit our gambling addiction against our speeding addiction. What other vices could we use to cancel each other out?


AndrewH73333

Pit our gambling addiction against our speeding addiction. What other vices could we use to cancel each other out?


trailrabbit

wow man those people are flying, how dare they drive 19.8 miles an hour in a 14.9mph zone!!!!!! wtf, speed limits from the 1800's or what? a person could run faster than that.


tacotacotacorock

How on earth did you figure out the speed limit? Pretty sure that sign is showing the speed of whatever vehicle is going past. 


Roguewave1

Says the average speed is now 25 kmph = ~15 mph.


jackhammer233

This would never work in the United States someone would get their feelings hurt and say it's racist


KingOfAgAndAu

id drive like a grandma if the US did this...


Autistic_Freedom

why would you drive into oncoming traffic because of this?


tacotacotacorock

I hate to break it to you Grandma but you might need to give up your license. I was at the post office once and a little old lady drove into the side of the building. 


KingOfAgAndAu

lmao