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[–] 7 points 3 years ago (141 children)

I believe it 100%.

I started riding with a Garmin bike radar and installed an app that tells me exactly how fast a car is going when it passes, and the majority are over the speed limit.

Just the other day, in a 60 km/h zone, I clocked two cars going 125 km/h.

If I thought for a second that police would charge these drivers using photo/video evidence, I'd fork over the $500 to get the radar with a camera built-in and report each and every speeding driver that passes me.

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  • [–] 24 points 3 years ago (133 children)

    In Denmark we have the lovely new law that if you drive more than 100% over the speed limit and over 100 kmh or drive over 200 kmh at all or drunk driving with over 2‰ they confiscate the car and you are not getting it back at all. They confiscate the car regadles of who owns the car (with very few exceptions) and that is also if it is leased. So far since when the law started they have confiscated over 2000 cars in two years. It's my favourite law of all laws right now. The fine for driving crazy is also nicely proportional to your income and it removes the car so the person cannot just drive without license afterwards.

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  • [–] 5 points 3 years ago (52 children)

    I can't get behind property seizure without compensation, but I can understand everything else.

    Even if they said "you can't have this car any more, but can sell it from our facility" that'd be better I think

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  • [–] 7 points 3 years ago (16 children)

    In effect, is it really that different to a fine? It seems to have a couple of advantages, though: it's easier to collect, and it's proportional, so a person who can afford a fancy luxury car pays more than someone in an old banger, without the complexity of having to evaluate their income and savings.

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  • [–] 3 points 3 years ago (15 children)

    This is exactly the reason they are doing it. Proportional to income and the car is completely and physically removed from the road. There was a big issue here where the offender would just drive without license or the car was leased or borrowed so there was no real penalty. Now the leasing company would have to take responsibility for leasing fancy supercars to anyone and everyone and people lending their car to a known drunk or fast driver would definitely think twice.

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  • [–] 2 points 3 years ago (14 children)

    @TDCN

    That part is all good. The problem is they don't care whose car it is. If I was to borrow your car, and then break this law, then YOU are out a car. Yes, you can try and get the money back from me, but that might take a decade if I don't have money to replace your car.
    If you ask me, that's crazy.

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  • [–] 1 point 3 years ago (15 children)

    @GBU_28 play stupid games, win stupid prizes. Driving a car is not a right. Especially in Denmark where public transport is an perfectly viable alternative for most of the population.

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  • [–] 1 point 3 years ago

    @TDCN @Showroom7561 I'll be honest I think it's an an odd stance to take to say confiscation is wrong. The 100 kmh limit is about 60 mph, to be over 100% that means the limit is 30 mph. This limit is normally through a town, village or urban area. So if someone drives at 60 mph down the high street, that's not just a "little bit of speeding", that's completely reckless

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  • [–] 1 point 3 years ago (1 child)

    You got a radar to check the speed of cars passing you?

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  • [–] 1 point 3 years ago

    The radar tells me when cars are approaching from behind and how far. It's been a massive gamechanger for safety by enhancing my spacial awareness.

    There's an app for my bike computer that also captures speed and car counts using the radar.

    I would imagine that aggregating this data from thousands of users could help cities to plan better cycling infrastructure and build traffic speed/flow mechanisms to enhance cyclist safety.

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  • [–] 1 point 3 years ago (2 children)

    @Showroom7561 @mondoman712 what’s the name of the app and for which platform is it? Having the info about how fast someone overtakes one sounds very interesting.

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