Colorado's New Speed Camera System Makes Waze Nearly Useless

BeetleB

Can we get this in my state? :-)

brewcejener

Why not skip a few steps and just electronically limit the top speed of all new vehicles? Too much revenue lost??

dlev_pika

Sure, but make fines proportionate with reported income

stevenicr

Is the data publicly available? I can think of a few roads near me where 90% of the vehicles do 20-25 mph over the limit all the time. You occasionally see them out there writing tickets, but never seen an accident in that area. I would think the data could show that the speed limit should be adjusted up. Understanding that 2 weeks of the year they need to put out some markers about the holiday traffic creating a full stop.. but they need to do that anyway regardless if the limit is 45, 55 or 70.

none2585

I don't understand how they can issue a ticket to the owner without proving they were driving

SilverElfin

What a waste of effort. Revenue generation disguised as safetyism. Most roads can be safely driven over the speed limit, especially in modern cars, where driving at 80 feels like driving at 55 in a thirty year old car. And it is only a matter of time before states with problematic budgets end up selling surveillance data about all of us to data brokers or the federal government.