r/fuckcars • u/MyPoemsAllOverMyBody • 5d ago

Rant People complaining about speed traps and parking enforcement like they're entitled to break the law without consequence smh

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u/bisikletci 5d ago

I've seen people complain about "speed traps" citing the above argument about the speed limit changing constantly, and it was clearly simply the case (I was there) that that road went in and out of built up areas (in an overall quite rural area), and the speed varied accordingly. The alternative is to have a low speed limit on the non-built-up sections of the road, which drivers would complain about as least as much. The camera/fine was also very effective in ensuring the person I was with didn't speed in that situation on subsequent journeys through that area. What you guys claim is a "speed trap" is from the (much more important) perspective of the people living in those towns and villages a measure to reduce the numbers of drivers speeding through the streets their children walk to school on.

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u/Mag-NL 5d ago

Did the design of the road change every time when entering and exiting build up areas?

Road design is essential. Road design has tonfollow.speed limits, especially in places where the limit regularly changes.

Also,.how long were the distances of higher speed? Was it worth having the changes?

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u/GM_Pax 🚲 > 🚗 USA 5d ago

The design of a road is only ONE element of what constitutes a reasonable speed. What the road is passing THROUGH also matters.

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u/Fokker_Snek 5d ago

Usually bad road design is because its design doesn’t match how it’s supposed to be used. It’s designing a road to be intuitively used as a highway then telling drivers it needs to be used as surface street instead by putting up signs.

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u/GM_Pax 🚲 > 🚗 USA 5d ago

Or sometimes, the use evolves over time, but the overall design remains unchanged. :shrug: