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Nick Lockwood
Nick Lockwood @ nicklockwood @mastodon.social
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85% Of Car Drivers Break 20mph Speed Limits, Reveals U.K.’s Department For Transport

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  • @jessta @TDCN @Showroom7561 if they really wanted to they could use the traffic camera network that already tracks numbers plates to do average speed checks on every car and issue fines automatically. I suspect they don't because then traffic would grind to a halt.

    • 85% Of Car Drivers Break 20mph Speed Limits, Reveals U.K.’s Department For Transport

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  • @TDCN again, why is personal responsibility only for poor people? That's the key point but you keep glossing over it.

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  • @jessta @TDCN @Showroom7561 it's almost as if speeding fines are more about creating a revenue stream for the government than they are about preventing speeding 🤔

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  • @TDCN sure, unless it was the car owner's friend, or kid, or crack addict neighbour who took their car and then committed the crime.

    Regardless, the issue is not whether crimes should be punished, but whether it makes sense to have punishments that only affect the poor.

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  • @TDCN @Showroom7561 like most fines, this just makes it legal for rich folk and potentially life-destroying for poor folk.

    If this happens to a taxi driver, they might end up homeless. If it happens to a rich playboy they'll just go buy a new car and carry on speeding.