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Doug Ford banned speed cameras. The City of Ottawa posted the raw speed data from before and after the ban. This chart shows the percentage of drivers going 15km/h or more over the posted limit. (feddit.uk)

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[–] muusemuuse@sh.itjust.works 1 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

You are making my point. X number of vehicles. There’s no differentiation so it can see the same vehicle multiple times. Someone’s speeding one can repeat the action and be counted as multiple speeders rather than multiple incidents of the same speeder.

[–] healthetank@lemmy.ca 1 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

Which is the point - one persons speeding 5 times through the area or 5 different speeders doesn't matter to the pedestrians or the kids. Its still the same danger, and it's still the same increase were seeing.

I'm still not sure what your point is - the traffic cameras reduce the behaviour, regardless of why or the who. Now that they're gone, the behaviour we care about is getting worse again.

[–] muusemuuse@sh.itjust.works 1 points 39 minutes ago

It does matter that the data presented is misleading. “Percent of speeders” is the claimed metric. It’s is not what’s being presented here.

If you want to screw people over by being deliberately misleading, maybe an organization like MADD would be more appropriate for you.