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[–] ImplyingImplications@lemmy.ca 12 points 1 week ago

"A speed camera that has recently spent more time on its side or in a pond than it has upright and functioning has clearly fallen well short of addressing the dangerous speeding on Parkside Drive," Gholizadeh said.

It has issued over 68,000 speeding tickets and generated over $7 million in fines to date, according to Safe Parkside.

It has spent most of its time inactive and still generated $7 million in revenue?

That's around $100 per person which is approximately the fine for going 17 km/h over the posted speed (17 × $3 per km/h over × 2 for being in a community saftey zone). The posted speed limit is 40 km/h. The average person is therefore going 57 km/h.

[–] preussischblau@lemmy.ca 12 points 1 week ago (1 children)

All this effort instead of constructing traffic calming road features. Oh wait, that doesn't generate revenue...

[–] Davriellelouna@lemmy.world 9 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

All this effort instead of constructing traffic calming road features. Oh wait, that doesn’t generate revenue…

Speed cameras actually generate very little revenue compared to the financial cost of car crashes: Ambulances, drugs, police, surgeons. If speeding fines were to truly reflect the social cost of car crashes, they would be significantly higher.

Also, the people who oppose speed cameras will absolutely FREAK OUT if you propose to reduce lanes. Look at what just happened to Toronto bike lanes.