Agree that Apple Maps will have trouble competing with Waze until crowdsourced hazard info (including traps and LEOs) have really arrived. Disagree that Waze is a dumpster fire. In fact, it’s the only Google product I’m willing to use.
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Apple Maps Starts Showing Speed Camera Information in Additional Countries [Updated]
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Strange. Apple Maps is the preferred choice of hundreds of millions of iPhone users and is used Billions of times a week when they have a plethora of free mapping apps.
“Trouble competing”? You can already install Waze for free in less than a minute, yet Apple Maps is the overwhelming choice of iPhone users. Hmmm
Nope.
Changing the speed limit up and down in short distances for no good reason and then placing a cop on the other hand...
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Perhaps the more important thing to take from his post is that, for daily commuters, Waze is often the go-to simply because of those hazard notices -- and that Apple can't compete with that since it doesn't offer it (yet). Not that Apple Maps can't compete on the whole.
Speed cameras are often a revenue tool rather than a safety improvement. Sudden significant changes in the limit, or placing a speed camera at the bottom of a hill where a driver typically may temporarily exceed the speed limit as the adjust to the grade can be used to generate revenue and a speed camera automates that process.
A cop patrolling or sitting by the side of a road provides a visual clue that slows down drivers; you could argue that speed camera warnings improve safety by slowing drivers own.
The problem with red light cameras is the timing of the yellow. Adjust the timing so as more drivers get caught is entrapment and leads to more rear end collisions as drivers slam on breaks. In addition, some jurisdictions made them an administrative fee too to do an end around about your ability to contest them in court, no doubt to avoid having to deal with an influx of cases. So yea, I consider them entrapment and a number of jurisdictions banned them for good reason.
No, that's a cop doing their job and exercising judgement on what is unsafe.
Having it installed does not equate to using an app. While I agree many users will use an installed app by default there's certainly a significant percentage of users, based on my experience, that use Waze or Google maps. I'm not so sure Apple Maps are an iPhone user's overwhelming choice.
Going through the very old episodes of Top Gear (and I think the study/stats are refreshed in The Grand Tour on Amazon) there was an hilarious section where they showed research regarding exactly this topic:
- Showed the map of England flooded by speed cameras
- Black spots where most accidents happen still didn’t have cameras
- Graphs of fatal accidents and revenue showing an exponential increase in revenue but the accidents themselves neither increasing nor decreasing.
- Mentions the big major causes of accidents.
Solid comment, the lorry drivers camera is a bit scary all at the same time.
The last paragraph lands home solidly for me, I was reflecting about exactly that during the weekend.
Long stretch to entertain the idea: maybe what could occur is that people will get used to see cameras on the map, then a whole lot more of speeding will be happening because the map may show no cameras in a section yet there are hidden ones.
I can't see camera crowdsourcing going down too well with PC Plod in the UK. You can already get a £1,000 fine for warning your fellow motorist about police camera presence.
Four lanes of empty highway in each direction, speed limit set to 60 where you could safely do twice that? It’s a trap!
Cities can’t just set up cameras anywhere. There are laws and policies and court decisions. If one would ever be placed on the bottom of a hill, it would likely be a result of a massively disproportionate accident zone. Still, I’ve never seen one there. So, I wouldn’t be too worried about some random worste case scenario you made up.
Just don’t speed.
If you don’t speed or run red lights, you can’t get a ticket. How about just leaving on time or generally respecting all the drivers around you?
The main thing people don’t like about these automatic tickets is that it’s impossible to argue when they have a picture of you doing it. Plus there is no cop to flirt with or scream at 😂 to try and wiggle out of it.
So you’re saying the driver is either unwilling or unable to control the vehicle at the posted limit?
Cry me a river.
In my experience the people making the most noise about speed limits being “too low” tend to either massively oversimplify things or flat out ignore context.
Working here in Finland like it has been for a few years in the Waze app. Way to go Apple. Right on time.That wasn't China, it was Amazon.
Amazon is using new AI-powered cameras in delivery trucks that can sense when drivers yawn. Here's how they work.
The camera's only begin to send a live feed when "triggered" by things like hard braking or detected driver drowsiness.www.businessinsider.com
Let's ignore that and go with "hidden cops, unmarked cop cars, speed light cameras are 100% purely about revenue and NOT safety". This means the city is, inherently, against the citizens.
Unmarked cop cars should not, under ANY circumstances, be able to pull someone over for a traffic violation.
Speed Light Cameras should be uniquely and clearly marked, if not out-right banned.
Hidden cops should not be allowed to write traffic violations except for reckless driving.
At the end of the day, if the goal isn't safety -- it should be banned or heavily restricted to the point it's not even really worth it.
Don't speed then.
God I hate this feature and anyone who supports it. Frankly it needs to be outlawed.
Trashy, irresponsible drivers love this though I bet.
no speed traps would be nonsensical lowering of the speed limit on a stretch of an Interstate for no reason other than it crosses into a municipality’s jurisdiction.
Speed cameras are for local streets where you are SUPPOSE to drive safely.