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[–] 31 points 8 months ago

Case study in “Speed limit signs don’t set the speed drivers feel comfortable at, only suggest it.”

Street design is critical.

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  • [–] 9 points 8 months ago (1 child)

    Clearly, they set the speed limits wrong.

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  • [–] 13 points 8 months ago* (1 child)

    As someone who lives near Oakland, I'd caution to take these figures with a grain of salt. There are definitely plenty of awful drivers, but there's also a significant amount of anecdotal evidence from the community that a number of these cameras are miscalibrated. There's one in particular that's clearly within a posted 35MPH zone that snaps images of people going 25.

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  • [–] 4 points 8 months ago

    Come to Orlando and be equally as or more shocked

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  • [–] 4 points 8 months ago

    Seems typical. But we can't know without total traffic numbers to compare to. Is that 12k out of 1m, 100k, 20k?

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  • [–] 3 points 8 months ago

    If they were concerned about speeding and not just an excuse for surveillance and money via fines, they'd install speed bumps

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  • [–] 1 point 8 months ago

    Oakland isn't a total disaster and you have no comparison for the statement, just a will to say bad things about somewhere you've never been. Grow up, mature a bit, and learn how to be critical instead of hateful.

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