“Go fast enough to ignore traffic signs. CHECKMATE!” /s
I hear you. I’m just so frustrated by drivers ignoring those YOUR SPEED signs. Maybe a dose of “You’re going fast enough to get a $400 ticket!” might just get their attention. But probably not… 😫
There was this study (not car related) on how well fines work, turns out if they are an absolute value (like in most cases) that is relatively low to ones wealth, a lot of people stop caring. Also, people are much more likely to break the law if they believe there is a high chance of getting away with it. So just having a sign might fix nothing, if the people to do not fear the penalty enough
“Go fast enough to ignore traffic signs. CHECKMATE!” /s
I hear you. I’m just so frustrated by drivers ignoring those YOUR SPEED signs. Maybe a dose of “You’re going fast enough to get a $400 ticket!” might just get their attention. But probably not… 😫
There was this study (not car related) on how well fines work, turns out if they are an absolute value (like in most cases) that is relatively low to ones wealth, a lot of people stop caring. Also, people are much more likely to break the law if they believe there is a high chance of getting away with it. So just having a sign might fix nothing, if the people to do not fear the penalty enough
If tickets were assigned as a proportion of one’s income (with alternate consequences for low income people), then it might work out better.
But the fact that fines are low, plus the chance you’ll never actually be caught, and it just becomes a recipe for disaster.
I was imagining more of one of those big traffic signs playing a long marquee lol