• acargitz@lemmy.ca
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    3 months ago

    She added that she had repeatedly asked the council to install a speed camera outside the restaurant in the hope it would encourage drivers to slow down.

    You don’t need a camera. You need bollards.

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      And what that community needs is a buffer zone where cars aren’t allowed to be within 100m of any building. Keep those areas safe for pedestrians and patrons of those businesses without worrying about CARS FLYING THROUGH WINDOWS!

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      The council being cheap lazy bastards have said ‘ooh… More temporary signs. That should work!’.

      Restaurant owner: speed camera to dish out fines. Make them pay!

      Road design should be that it’s impossible to approach that roundabout at speed. All good road design dictates driver behaviour, not allow them to make rash or irrational choices that endanger others.