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Dark_Arbron posted...

Because it means they don't get to catch you doing it and fine you.

That's the fundamental basis behind speed traps. They don't want you to slow down, they want you to speed so they can fine you afterward.

It was never about safety, it was never about prevention, it's always been about revenue. If traffic offences stopped overnight the government would shit itself over how to replace that income.

Those shilling the way Tenlaar is are essentially saying that it's better to let law-breaking happen so people can be punished after the fact rather than preventing it from happening at all. It's only a step away from entrapment.

I'm aware, the thing is though the police CLAIM that speed traps are there to get you to slow down so warning people about them should be perfectly fine.