Yellow Vests Knock Out 60 Percent of All Speed Cameras In France (bbc.com)

Posted by BeauHD on Friday January 11, 2019 @01:00AM from the damage-control dept.

Thelasko shares a report from the BBC: Members of the "yellow vests" protest movement have vandalized almost 60% of France's entire speed camera network, the interior minister has said. Christophe Castaner said the willful damage was a threat to road safety and put lives in danger. The protest movement began over fuel tax increases, and saw motorists block roads and motorway toll booths. Some protesters feel speed cameras are solely a revenue-generating measure which takes money from the poor. The BBC's Hugh Schofield, in Paris, said evidence of the vandalism is visible to anyone driving around France, with radar cameras covered in paint or black tape to stop them working.

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Glorious by Quakeulf · 2019-01-11 01:03 · Score: 5, Insightful

Now knock out those who run the banks.
Re:And as a result drivers are speeding up by dfghjk · 2019-01-11 04:03 · Score: 5, Insightful

"30% more french drivers are breaking the law and putting others life in danger"
If you set the limit to 0 then 100% of drivers will break the law, yet that doesn't put "others life in danger". This is nothing but rhetoric.
The percentage of drivers speeding is an indicator of the reasonableness of the limits, not of the behavior of the drivers. This has been known since at least the 70's, likely much longer.