SPEED CAMERAS DO NOT STOP ACCIDENTS
The official reason for installing cameras that monitor speeds along
the roads is of course that it will bring speeds down and as an effect
of that save lives.
Well, speed cameras probably do decrease the
average speed a...
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SPEED CAMERAS DO NOT STOP ACCIDENTS
The official reason for installing cameras that monitor speeds along
the roads is of course that it will bring speeds down and as an effect
of that save lives.
Well, speed cameras probably do decrease the
average speed a bit at the spot where the camera is, but in my
opinion they really make driving much more stressful and unsafe, for
different reasons:
Speedometer focus.
Since you have to keep your eyes on the
speedometer all the time to make sure you are not driving faster than
the speed limit, your concentration is there, not on the other cars on
the road.
Camera braking.
When you spot a speed camera, most people tend
to brake whether they actually need to or not.
Just to be sure that
you’re not speeding.
Now if you’re driving behind somebody who does
this, your speedometer focus could lead to you not braking soon
enough and thus slamming into the car in front.
Speeding in-between cameras.
People who use camera monitored
road sections a lo
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