• hoohoohoot@fedinsfw.appEnglish
    6·
    1 hour ago

    No need for speed camera and all that stress

    I know a place which went from like 2 cameras to 5 cameras, and in a lot of places its like 40kmh which is SUPER SLOW, but the areas is more for like 60-70kmh, so cant you see how it could be a pain in everyones ass?

     

     

    Not to mention that I can easily drive 90kmh if I want to inbetween cameras.

    Even if you dont remember all the places of cameras, there are lots of apps for tracking and warning about cameras, police, accidents, objects on the road, etc.

     

     

    Cameras have begun to be a huge pain in the ass, most people I know use a app for cameras so they drive fast onbetween cameras.

    The end result: cameras change shit nothing.

  • Mpatch@lemmy.worldEnglish
    4·
    1 hour ago

    Fyck ford, regardless I see nothing wrong here. It’s a 10kmph increase on a road way where 120-140 is the normal

    • kunaltyagi@programming.devEnglish
      2·
      8 hours ago

      Bigger question is why don’t more ppl vote. Election turnouts are going down (by policy aka systematic or by choice aka disillusionment)

    • guyoverthere123@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
      5·
      11 hours ago

      I live in Ontario.

      In the last provincial election, ~60% of the eligible voters didn’t vote.

      Of those who did vote, half voted for a Conservative, and we’ve had Doug Ford for the past eight years.

      • Kjell@lemmy.worldEnglish
        1·
        59 minutes ago

        Do people avoid to vote because of inconvenience, such as long queues and election on work days, or lack of interest?

  • Bustedknuckles@lemmy.worldEnglish
    421·
    1 day ago

    I’ve been hearing how much this guy sucks for years and years now - why do the good folk of Canada not simply get rid of him?

    • Soup@lemmy.worldEnglish
      16·
      1 day ago

      Voter turnout was less than 50% both times, and here in Canada we have a HUGE political ignorance problem. Way too many people here are completely disengaged from politics and it’s entirely their fault, too.

      Conservatives vote for him because they are stupid as hell. He’s massively, overtly corrupt but he wears blue so they vote for him.

    • Undearius@lemmy.caEnglish
      13·
      1 day ago

      He was elected provincially, only Ontario gets to decide.

      The other main party, the Liberal party, was lead by a wet paper towel that had some fairly weak stances on some subjects that people didn’t like.

      There is a 3rd main party, the NDP, that had been elected about 30 years ago during a financial crisis, and because of their performance, the people around at the time have vowed to never vote for them again.

      Combine that with our First-Past-The-Post voting system, which translates 40%, 25%, and 25% of the votes for each party (Conservative, Liberal, NDP) to 70%, 25%, and 5% of the power for each party (Conservative, NDP, Liberal). There is also the Green party which makes up for the remaining percentages.

      I think all of the above is stupid and wish it were better.

      • Ariselas@piefed.caEnglish
        5·
        1 day ago

        First around the post really is a major problem in Canada, federally it benefits the Liberals and to a slightly lesser degree, the Conservatives, so neither will ever get rid of it. Gotta love a system where 35% = a majority.

        But also don’t forget Ford’s popularity also came with the promise of $1 beer.

        • Yttra@lemmy.worldEnglish
          3·
          1 day ago

          Buck-a-beer (low adoption and discontinued, nobody could afford to make beer that cheap), free license plate stickers (costs the province 1.1B per year to waive that fee), and tough on Trump! (he folds on that last one every time the US threatens another national tariff)

    • Jay@lemmy.caEnglish
      10·
      1 day ago

      As a Canadian I have no clue why not. The guy is a crackhead “lite” version of america’s Mangolini with the charisma of a used car salesman. Somehow there’s still enough idiots in this country that can sniff out and vote for fellow morons.

    • Avid Amoeba@lemmy.caEnglish
      5·
      1 day ago

      Look at the charismatic chucklefuck he is. He also has a superpower - he’s a politician who can say sorry. He does some corruption or outright stupid shit for a few billion, says sorry, dials it back and we’re back in love with him. It’s the Onterrible way.

  • hakase@lemmy.zipEnglish
    144·
    1 day ago

    Shame about the bike lanes, but I fully support raising (highway) speed limits and banning speed cameras.

    • Caveman@lemmy.worldEnglish
      23·
      12 hours ago

      Why? Speed cameras are just speed bumbs to knock people down from unsafe speeds at critical sections usually.

        • Caveman@lemmy.worldEnglish
          1·
          18 minutes ago

          Just did, speed cameras are still good when applied correctly. They slow people down on specific sections of the highway if they’re speeding, you can’t do that with a speed bumbs.

          I agree that in residential areas you should add speed bumps and traffic calming everywhere except for arterial roads.

  • Malyca@lemmy.zipEnglish
    6·
    1 day ago

    These two guys crack me up, well the other one I just know by crack anyway

  • dan69@lemmy.worldEnglish
    4·
    1 day ago

    I’m glad it was just a magnet thing. Just like it will be lowered in less 8-13 months. Bc if I know dumb ppl in this modern day… they too will use their mobile phones and will surely get into or commit “accidents”