▲ 856 ▼ Who guards the guards? (sh.itjust.works) submitted 1 year ago by StarvingMartist@sh.itjust.works to c/thepoliceproblem@lemmy.world 125 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] FabledAepitaph@lemmy.world 17 points 1 year ago (2 children) Shouldn't that be the whole point? Get people to slow down and behave? Or is punishment the entire purpose? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] CarbonIceDragon@pawb.social 8 points 1 year ago I think the aim is to get people to slow down even when there isn't a cop, since one could always be around. It doesn't really work that well and is a poor substitute for good road design, but still. permalink fedilink source parent [–] jjjalljs@ttrpg.network 5 points 1 year ago I'm pretty sure some places use the traffic ticketing as income, which is a huge perverse incentive. Or maybe they just have quotas. Or benefit from seizing property from people. The police are a problem, but i'm sure this community is aware. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] CarbonIceDragon@pawb.social 8 points 1 year ago I think the aim is to get people to slow down even when there isn't a cop, since one could always be around. It doesn't really work that well and is a poor substitute for good road design, but still. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] jjjalljs@ttrpg.network 5 points 1 year ago I'm pretty sure some places use the traffic ticketing as income, which is a huge perverse incentive. Or maybe they just have quotas. Or benefit from seizing property from people. The police are a problem, but i'm sure this community is aware. permalink fedilink source parent
