If Google Maps reports a speed camera and asks "Is this still here", I always tick "No" - its not my job to help speeding motorists avoid a fine. There are speed limits for a reason.
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Ignoring the fact that if you mis-report the algorithm will likely shadow-ban you. The Police self-report vans and patrol cars, because they are “safety cameras” and enforcement designed to encourage safe driving in accident blackspots - their mission isn’t to catch speeders, it’s to slow people.
It sucks because ideally you don't want the people who would otherwise get caught to know where they are so they expect them to be everywhere
But that's not how it works
Correct.
Car incidents are pretty much the most likely way for people to die on a day to day basis, other than disease.
Children and families die from this often.
Why the hell would I want to help out people that risk lives just to save seconds from their journey?
Does Google Maps have this interactive function? I've never seen any option on Google Maps to report current road issues as I drive past. Waze does. Also 1 single report wouldn't affect the result. It requires multiple people to report the same issue before it is published to other users.
You evidently dont understand how speed cameras or google work. Speed cameras are a deterrent not a trap. They are supposed to be visible to get people to slow down, its also why there are road signs saying they are up ahead. Also google does not update its maps based soley on advice from you.
Google maps has owned Waze for some years, in the last 6 months they have incorporated incident reporting to standard google maps when used for navigation. Having surfaced Waze data for well over a year.
Can't say for where you live, but in Ireland, the speed vans are placed in accident hotspots. And people complain they're there to make money and presumably the operator is paid something for enforcement but I don't think it is anything other than a public safety measure.
The gardai (Irish cops) have an online map of where speed vans may be but the vans move around. So it would be self defeating for anyone to try and maintain a list. I'm just commenting to the general idea that they're to make money whereas at least here they serve as a deterrent.
Having just seen a 14 year old schoolboy hit by a car that was only doing an "arbitrarily low speed limit" I say thank God for them. He'd have been hit with two and a half times more force were it not for that 10mph reduction.
If it’s near a place where there’s likely to be kids (eg near a school) then a 20mph limit isn’t arbitrary. But, being a competent driver, I am capable of slowing down as appropriate without the need for speed bumps and cameras.
Kids don't live at school. They are everywhere. Limits that appear arbitrary to you are probably in areas teeming with them. This boy stepped out from behind a parked car right in front of a moving vehicle. The only way you don't kill someone in that situation is if you're doing 20 or less.
But the same applies to vehicles pulling out of side roads in front of you, hitting a pot hole or someone accidentally crossing into your path. You will hit them with 2½ times more force at 30 than at 20. 5 times if head on! 20mph will save us all insurance costs with less damage to be repaired.
If I am driving along a line of parked cars, or otherwise have limited visibility, then I slow down. Because I’m not an idiot. Speed limits are required because many people can’t be trusted to drive responsibly without the threat of being fined.
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Most people don't seem to see the rules as being necessary, so the speed cameras should be present and warned about in these more dangerous spots
But that's not how it works
Car incidents are pretty much the most likely way for people to die on a day to day basis, other than disease.
Children and families die from this often.
Why the hell would I want to help out people that risk lives just to save seconds from their journey?
It does disappear after a while though.
Thanks to all participants.