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Speed cameras play ‘cat and mouse’ to dodge late-night arson attacks (pulsetasmania.com.au)

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

It does piss me off a bit that cars handle and perform better and are way safer than they were, but speeds keep reducing.

Then I remember that today's top 3 selling vehicles are trucks, and the average 'car' is actually a SUV which weigh about 50% more than a Falcon or Commodore used to.

So we're probably lucky they haven't halved all the road speeds lol

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago

and are way safer than they were

No they aren't. They are for the people in them, but if anything the average (mean) car is more dangerous now than it used to be for people outside of the car, thanks to the rise of ridiculous yank tanks.

If anything, the problem is that our speed limits are too high still on streets where people live and where they're accessing businesses.