Police Details, Cameras, & Enforcement Methods

[RandomWalk]

If the legislature wanted to end the need for Prop 2 1/2 overrides, they could outlaw right on red and legalize traffic enforcement cameras simultaneously. Instant windfall for municipalities…

 

[FK4]

Bus lane, double parking (and in some case bike lane) infractions only get solved by enforcement. You cannot design your way out of some bad Boston habits. If it is 'drivable' space, Boston drivers will end up there (look at trolley reservations!)

Oh, I am totally down for that. That probably would require quite a lot of cameras and technology but as a concept I have zero problem with auto ticketing this sort of scofflaw.

 

[thepixelnation]

local police seem to never bother enforcing driving rules

just saw a police officer totally ignore a car illegally reverse into oncoming traffic after making a wrong turn right in front of his squad car. He was texting while driving so he didn't see a thing.

I'd be happy to have to pay fines for when I run red lights, since I don't intentionally run red lights and a lot of other people do.

 

[bigeman312]

I'd be happy to have to pay fines for when I run red lights, since I don't intentionally run red lights and a lot of other people do.

Anecdotally: there appears to be a lot more intentional rule-breaking among road users than there was 10 or even five years ago. It’s something we need to address as a society and the status quo is not working.

It’s something that BPD seems wholly disinterested in combatting. The next logical step is to automate the process. Cameras seem to be that step.

 

[393b40]

Anecdotally: there appears to be a lot more intentional rule-breaking among road users than there was 10 or even five years ago. It’s something we need to address as a society and the status quo is not working.

It’s something that BPD seems wholly disinterested in combatting. The next logical step is to automate the process. Cameras seem to be that step.

Is there more or do we just talk about it more online these days so it seems like more.

Same phenomenon as everyone thinking there's a child predator on every street corner.

 

[JeffDowntown]

Is there more or do we just talk about it more online these days so it seems like more.

Same phenomenon as everyone thinking there's a child predator on every street corner.

Real accident data shows that the average speed (and level of speeding and aggressive driving) increased dramatically during the pandemic, and has not come back down.

What the data says about dangerous driving and road rage in the U.S.

There’s a fair amount of data indicating that Americans’ driving habits have worsened over the past five years, at least in some ways.

www.pewresearch.org

Increased road fatalities, increased fatal hit-and-run accidents....

 

[RandomWalk]

Anecdotally, I have found that other drivers are a lot less tolerant of fellow drivers moving at the signed limit if they perceive that it’s possible to drive faster. I have caught myself pushing more aggressively to avoid the annoyed honks and dirty looks.

I don’t know if it’s just folks having lost some of the social graces in the pandemic, a change in the mix of drivers (shift towards gig work), or something else.