Thread: No Car Will Escape This "Future Now" Speed Camera

Originally Posted by tomteapack

Go back to school speed kills, try some simple physics. The faster an object is moving the more damage it will do. A driver texting and in an accident at 25 will be far less likely to die than the same driver in the same 25 mph zone, doing 35. The more speed, the worse the wreck and the more likely a serious injury.

What happens if the driver is not texting and in an accident?

Originally Posted by stretch351c

As a trucker for 20 years, I can tell you that speeders are a far lesser danger on the road than those who drive 5 to 10 MPH UNDER the speed limit. You can see a speeder coming and get out of his way. Popping over a hill at legal speed and coming up on someone doing 45 in a 60 is much harder to evade. Granted, reckless speeders are a danger, and need to be stopped, but I'd rather have to put up with someone speeding, than someone who is more interested in looking at the fields than driving. It's less a matter of speed, it's more a matter of recklessness. And you can be just as reckless at 80 as you can at 45.

That's nonsense. You truckers have a problem with slow drivers cause you have such lousy brakes.

You can't drive too slow.

Originally Posted by Ctrl

Speed isn't what kills. The difference in speed kills. Strech is correct.

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Stop with that nonsense. Even if slow drivers were a problem, there is no way to enforce laws against slow drivers. The guy can always say something like i saw a deer on the road or the guy in front of me was going slow.

Originally Posted by Dispondent

Reckless is not something that will stop with a camera, and quite frankly speeding is not an item the government cares about. If they did, all they had to do was write a law that required a speed governor on all cars that didn't allow them to go over X mph. Your sickening desire to inject the government further into my life is appalling.

I agree it's crazy that cars are DESIGNED to do 100mph and the govt allows it!! I wish someone injured by a speeder would sue the manufacturer. I bet people have tried it and the car companies reached a deal with them real quick.

Originally Posted by tomteapack

Simple physics shows that being reckless at 80 is FAR worse than being reckless at 45.

Yup - it's crazy how the speeders deny the obvious.

Originally Posted by Speeders R Murderers

I agree it's crazy that cars are DESIGNED to do 100mph and the govt allows it!! I wish someone injured by a speeder would sue the manufacturer. I bet people have tried it and the car companies reached a deal with them real quick.

I can't see that happening, the manufacturer is providing a product, the laws in place determine the appropriate use for said product, the manufacturer should not be held accountable.

Originally Posted by Speeders R Murderers

Then take the cameras out of the schools and businesses. Few criminals there. But leave the cameras on the highways since they are full of criminal speeders killing and maiming innocent people.

My guess is that you are one of those people who drive 55 in the fast lane causing a big backups behind you and as frustrated drivers start trying to find ways to pass you on the right you complain about others being dangerous.

Originally Posted by Speeders R Murderers

That's nonsense. You truckers have a problem with slow drivers cause you have such lousy brakes.

You can't drive too slow.

BS, The brakes on today's trucks are just as good,if not better than those on today's cars. They are anti-lock, just like cars. Many trucks are coming out with disc brakes. altho most remain drum. Do you have any idea how much inertia you have to overcome trying to slow a 90,000 lb rig moving at highway speed? Slow drivers are much greater danger on the road than speeders.

Originally Posted by Speeders R Murderers

Stop with that nonsense. Even if slow drivers were a problem, there is no way to enforce laws against slow drivers. The guy can always say something like i saw a deer on the road or the guy in front of me was going slow.

Wrong, that's why the Interstate system has a minimum speed limit. and it is enforceable. You can also be ticketed for impeding traffic. That's why there are special lanes for trucks in the mountains and on steep hills. Anyone who has driven thru the mountains can tell you that rigs must use certain lanes when climbing and if their speed drops under the posted minimum, they must turn on their 4 way flashers to warn other drivers.

Originally Posted by Speeders R Murderers

You can't drive too slow.

Yes, you can drive too slow. Imagine going to a busy NY subway platform when a train arrives and then walking really slow as everyone else tries to hussle to their destinations. People would jostle you, bump into others trying to get around you, and you would be an obstacle. Driving too slow does the same thing on the highway. People back up behind you, they then start doing things that are dangerous, like tailgating to get you to pull over, or passing on the right or weaving through traffic to get around the obstacle. The obstacle is dangerous.

There is a reason why it is called the passing lane and many states put up signs that say left lane for passing only. You want to follow the law and be a safe driver, don't clog up the passing lane.



Now this does not mean that there is are not speeds that are too fast. But there are speeds that are too fast and too slow. And when you atart driving much faster than the flow or slower than the flow, then the risks go up.