Winning hearts and minds with my usual "lol speed cameras are only raising revenues from criminals why should you care" hot take.
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@stibbons But It's A Voluntary Tax.
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@stibbons ‘just don’t drive so fast’
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@liamvhogan @futzle @stibbons "I simply would not admit in public under my own name, that I am incapable of maintaining control of my vehicle"
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@MattHatton @liamvhogan @futzle Love* to be told that people should be allowed to drive faster because they're not paying enough attention.
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@stibbons @MattHatton @futzle ‘locals know the roads and the limits are always too low’ ‘so who typically dies on local roads’
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@liamvhogan @stibbons @futzle "Driving above the posted limit, past a speed camera, is entirely optional"
"But [reasons]"
"I refer you to my earlier comment about car control"
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@liamvhogan @stibbons @MattHatton Have you ever experienced the unadulterated schadenfreude of tactically getting out of the way of a tailgater just in time for them to angrily whoosh past you and also past a fixed speed camera?
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@futzle @liamvhogan @stibbons Even better: Cop in the other lane, obscured by the truck between us, that immediately went lights and sirens and GOT HIM GONE PISS OFF YOU'RE OUT
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@MattHatton @liamvhogan @stibbons @futzle throw in - "i think we should add GPS speed limiters to vehicles" - and watch the flames go blue
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@MattHatton @futzle @stibbons ‘tell your story walking’ [because you’re about to lose your licence]
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@MattHatton @futzle @liamvhogan @stibbons Australia loves a justified copping.
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@drew @futzle @liamvhogan @stibbons ACAB but I would quite like to make it home from work unscathed so fuck you if you think you're magically more important than everyone else.
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@decryption @MattHatton @stibbons @futzle you are like a tiny baby watch this.
‘Road taxes should be levied based on a usage rate measured at the odometer’
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@liamvhogan @decryption @stibbons @futzle *Ferris Bueller running the car in reverse for an hour intensifies*
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@liamvhogan @MattHatton @stibbons @futzle now we are talking
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@MattHatton @drew @futzle @stibbons so real talk I think this has been an effect of ABS in modern cars. There’s a generation of drivers who’ve never experienced the unforgettable steering wheel twitch that comes with understeering around a corner, and don’t have the terror
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@liamvhogan @drew @futzle @stibbons I have long maintained the most effective way of reducing the death toll for young drivers is teaching them how to respond to over/understeer.
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@liamvhogan @decryption @MattHatton @stibbons @futzle and the weight of the vehicle
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@argentcorvid @decryption @MattHatton @stibbons @futzle NSW already does that, which is good and cool. I own both a small motorbike and a Land Rover, it’s a hell of a difference