If the cameras end up being continually vandalized and cost more than the revenue they make, the government might simply give up. This is France after all, not the US -- they pick their battles:)
I have no problem with them in cities -- traffic which mixes with pedestrians and cyclists shouldn't really exceed 30 mph, and most cameras are set to trip at 35-40 mph. Also, better to get a $50 ticket from a camera than spend half an hour interacting with an armed revenue agent (aka a cop), who might also go on a fishing expedition, search your car, and plant something.
The problem is camera use on highways where traffic doesn't mix with other road users, and speed limits are set below the safe speed of traffic.
It's starting -- NYC is looking at universal health insurance and mandatory (2 weeks for now) paid vacation for all employees. And as go New York and California, goes the entire country eventually. Expanding the safety net and giving people free time outside of work will give people time to think, maybe even protest a bit:)
The difference is that European motorways tend to have higher speed limits in the first place -- outside of a few Western states (Utah, Texas, Nevada), US motorways tend to have speed limits around 110km/h. Drivers are less likely to be stopped, but since almost everyone breaks the limit, it gives police an excuse to harass anyone whose looks they don't like.
Speed cameras have their place -- in residential areas where car traffic mixes with pedestrians and cyclists. Problem is that some areas implement them on highways with already ridiculously low speed limits.
In residential areas, speed cameras are actually better if they can replace human cops who have more "discretion" to stop people because their car looks "suspicious." (Driver wrong color, car not new/posh enough, etc). At least speed cameras can't go on fishing expeditions, run the papers of all passengers for unpaid parking tickets from 1984, shoot someone while "resisting arrest", or plant politically-incorrect plant products during a search of the vehicle.
A society for the cowards, by the cowards, and of the cowards. Devices like Ring and indoor Nestcams are for the same kind of cowards who call the cops if someone of the wrong color is walking in their neighborhood.
You don't control one from 3-10 ft away. You control the A/V source and let the monitor switch itself on and off depending on presence of video signal. The most you'll need is a remote-control HDMI switch, which are readily available.
Dummy. Load. If you replace the antenna circuit with one, it will THINK its in the middle of a forest even if it's smack in the middle of downtown Manhattan.
If you can't get a real remote, can you at least get it to respond to "HEY SPYING CUNT, LOWER THE VOLUME?" Instead of "Alexa", make the keyword(s) "Spying Cunt."
Funny, the French have civilian-controlled nuclear power, and some of the cheapest energy in Europe. They just don't spend as much on their military scum and adventures abroad as the US does, so they have money to subsidize clean nuclear.
Electrify both freight and passenger routes. Hire the Chinese or French to build new high and medium speed passenger routes in the US. A lot of medium-distance air travel can be replaced by electrified rail at 150-200 mph -- rail gets rid of taxiing, takeoff/landing, etc times.
It would have been less if nuclear power plants were kept in operation and/or new ones were built. But Americans are a bunch of poorly-educated, cowardly NIMBYs so that won't happen.
I actually stand corrected.
Freedmen + 0.6 * Slaves was on average slightly higher for slave states than free in 1780/90, but only slightly. About 2%, I think, not enough for the EC to make a difference either way.
Shouldn't they be raising Internet rates instead, since Internet service is needed by cord-cutters too? The other fees are avoided by cancelling cable.
Actually, I love Trump. It will be fun to buy a former Trumpkin's home at foreclosure auction after his policies run the US into the ground. Karma's a bitch, kids -- stock market is performing nicely...:D
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If the cameras end up being continually vandalized and cost more than the revenue they make, the government might simply give up. This is France after all, not the US -- they pick their battles :)
I have no problem with them in cities -- traffic which mixes with pedestrians and cyclists shouldn't really exceed 30 mph, and most cameras are set to trip at 35-40 mph. Also, better to get a $50 ticket from a camera than spend half an hour interacting with an armed revenue agent (aka a cop), who might also go on a fishing expedition, search your car, and plant something.
The problem is camera use on highways where traffic doesn't mix with other road users, and speed limits are set below the safe speed of traffic.
It's starting -- NYC is looking at universal health insurance and mandatory (2 weeks for now) paid vacation for all employees. And as go New York and California, goes the entire country eventually. Expanding the safety net and giving people free time outside of work will give people time to think, maybe even protest a bit :)
The difference is that European motorways tend to have higher speed limits in the first place -- outside of a few Western states (Utah, Texas, Nevada), US motorways tend to have speed limits around 110km/h. Drivers are less likely to be stopped, but since almost everyone breaks the limit, it gives police an excuse to harass anyone whose looks they don't like.
Speed cameras have their place -- in residential areas where car traffic mixes with pedestrians and cyclists. Problem is that some areas implement them on highways with already ridiculously low speed limits.
In residential areas, speed cameras are actually better if they can replace human cops who have more "discretion" to stop people because their car looks "suspicious." (Driver wrong color, car not new/posh enough, etc). At least speed cameras can't go on fishing expeditions, run the papers of all passengers for unpaid parking tickets from 1984, shoot someone while "resisting arrest", or plant politically-incorrect plant products during a search of the vehicle.
Privacy is a good thing as long as we have stupid social/religious norms.
Better a "SJW cunt" than an authoritarian asshole.
Both are symptoms of being a busybody cunt.
A society for the cowards, by the cowards, and of the cowards. Devices like Ring and indoor Nestcams are for the same kind of cowards who call the cops if someone of the wrong color is walking in their neighborhood.
You don't control one from 3-10 ft away. You control the A/V source and let the monitor switch itself on and off depending on presence of video signal. The most you'll need is a remote-control HDMI switch, which are readily available.
Dummy. Load. If you replace the antenna circuit with one, it will THINK its in the middle of a forest even if it's smack in the middle of downtown Manhattan.
If you can't get a real remote, can you at least get it to respond to "HEY SPYING CUNT, LOWER THE VOLUME?" Instead of "Alexa", make the keyword(s) "Spying Cunt."
There are areas with no to poor cell service, so the stinking thing will still have to work with a dummy load in place of the antenna.
I wonder how much protection the endpoint servers have against a DDoS attack from a hundred thousand or so hacked TVs. Just saying...
Pay cash. Use fake ID to return things. Ban whom? Anonymity has its advantages.
The right is also at fault -- we should be paying for family planning (euphemism for abortion/birth control) programs abroad as well.
Quality of life, life expectancy, and CO2 emissions are all generally higher in Western Europe than in the US.
Funny, the French have civilian-controlled nuclear power, and some of the cheapest energy in Europe. They just don't spend as much on their military scum and adventures abroad as the US does, so they have money to subsidize clean nuclear.
Electrify both freight and passenger routes. Hire the Chinese or French to build new high and medium speed passenger routes in the US. A lot of medium-distance air travel can be replaced by electrified rail at 150-200 mph -- rail gets rid of taxiing, takeoff/landing, etc times.
"Growth" is another word for cancer.
"Consumption" is another word for TB.
Why do we have to? We have clean sources of power like renewables and nuclear in 2018.
It would have been less if nuclear power plants were kept in operation and/or new ones were built. But Americans are a bunch of poorly-educated, cowardly NIMBYs so that won't happen.
I actually stand corrected. Freedmen + 0.6 * Slaves was on average slightly higher for slave states than free in 1780/90, but only slightly. About 2%, I think, not enough for the EC to make a difference either way.
Shouldn't they be raising Internet rates instead, since Internet service is needed by cord-cutters too? The other fees are avoided by cancelling cable.
Actually, I love Trump. It will be fun to buy a former Trumpkin's home at foreclosure auction after his policies run the US into the ground. Karma's a bitch, kids -- stock market is performing nicely... :D