• brygphilomena@lemmy.world
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    7 months ago

    California freeways are 65mph. Unless there is traffic, most drivers tend to go around 80mph. They will be constant.

    In my opinion, this is trying to tackle the issue in a poor manner. People who are speeding already know that they are, so it’s not like a beep or visual warning is going to cause them to change their behavior. It’s trying to force a technical solution to a non-technical issue.

    I just can’t wait to see how quickly someone finds a way to bypass this nanny bullshit.

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      7 months ago

      Unless there is traffic, most drivers tend to go around 80mph.

      And they aren’t constantly getting into accidents? Wild. Someone should tell the politicians that this might not be the source of the problem.

      • AwkwardLookMonkeyPuppet@lemmy.world
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        7 months ago

        And they aren’t constantly getting into accidents?

        Nope. The major freeways in California are giant 8 lane straight lines. You could drive 100 mph on them and be perfectly safe. You can see 5 miles ahead of you, and there are no curves or anything to fuck you up. The 65 mph speed limit is just there so that they can write speeding tickets whenever they want more money.

      • brygphilomena@lemmy.world
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        7 months ago

        Information by itself, no.

        Having something constantly watch my behavior and nag me when I’m being “bad” is, yes.

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          7 months ago

          It’s not “watching your behaviour”. Nor is it “nagging”. It’s beeping when a speed is reached. Quit hyperventilating