Speed cameras are racist now

This is a legitimate topic for discussion. And this is the kind of discussion it gets. Some people call LRC a “cesspool.” Maybe, but it’s kinda representative. And that’s why, in 10 years, 20 years, … none of this will be one iota better.

Who are you the branch manager?

How about learning about environmental racaism and why certain neighborhoods have NEVER had speed cameras but SHOULD?

Except that Democratic sc** in the Mayor's office, City Council and state legislature do NOT really gaf about public safety-- as long as mostly poor blacks, Hispanics and few ghetto Chinese live there, TRUCKS, politicians being driven etc can do anything they like.

THOSE people getting busted can dam well afford to pay, as can the illegal scooter, ebike and motorcycle set, as can the illegal weed van and camper cretins.

So yeah, let's talk about "home loans," fine but stop pandering and stop patronizing both the people you claim to care about.

So an increased police presence in disadvantaged neighborhoods makes them safer? Shocked, I'm shocked I tell you....

False.

You act as if discrimination hasn't and doesn't take place and has permeated every aspect of life.

According to you, white folks don't speed and have crashes.

This is racist, that is racist, everything I don't like is RAAAAAAAAAYYYYYYYCIST!

Annoying, isn't it?

I guarantee that this thread was started by someone from your side of the political spectrum.

You win the thread

Does racism cause somebody to shoot somebody else for his Jordans?

Same loser bumps same pathetic thread.

Don't speed and you don't need to worry about traffic cameras no matter your color.

This is woke, that is woke, everything I don't like is WOKE, WOKE, WOKE!!!

Soooo lets say these cameras are disproportionately located in white areas populated by city government employees that need to keep their licenses and insurance and violations up to date and clean and paid to keep their jobs- is that discriminatory and racist? Because this is the reality in another city.

I think they are saying that if you put up 20 of those cameras in your city but 18 of them are in minority neighborhoods, that is racist. I would agree with that. It is a question of fairness, obviously.

However, if you justify it by saying, "well, we just put them at the 20 intersections with the most traffic accidents" then that can also be unfair since the largest number of accidents likely happen at the intersections where people are walking, biking, catching buses, etc. Those "busy intersections" are not equally spread around a city.

Over in Germany, they put the speed cameras right at the spot where you drop from one speed to the "30 kph zone." They catch you if you don't slow down fast enough as you come into a village. It is "fair" but I hate it too since I got busted twice this Summer.

But we all "speed" to some degree. In my community, where the streets are pretty well maintained and broad, you can generally go 5-7 over the limit without getting pulled over (40 in a 35 or 52 in a 45 zone, etc).

Do you think that is possible in all communities? If not, then that is what people are complaining about.

p.s. Only an old person or a fearful new driver goes exactly the speed limit, right? Who is the weirdo driving 45 in a 45 or something like that?

Anything they're bad at like SAT is racist and systematic racism. Anything they're good at like violent crimes also due to whitey racism.

I was going to ask if they think surveillance cameras are racist as they'll catch some groups committing (far) more crime than others.

Maybe, or it's just a smart allocation of resources. Wouldn't you want speeding camera to be located where the most speeding is happening?