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Italian Village Installs Speed Cameras, Records 58,000 Infractions In 2 Weeks

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    cfabbro
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    For some reason clicking on that "full version" link in the text-only version wasn't working for me and just brought me to the NPR homepage... so in case anyone else experienced the same problem,...

    For some reason clicking on that "full version" link in the text-only version wasn't working for me and just brought me to the NPR homepage... so in case anyone else experienced the same problem, here is the full version:
    https://www.npr.org/2018/11/19/669234810/italian-village-installs-speed-cameras-records-58-000-infractions-in-2-weeks

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    1. Pilgrim
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      That's actually how the site is designed, which isn't intuitive. They mean "the full version" of the website I believe.

      That's actually how the site is designed, which isn't intuitive. They mean "the full version" of the website I believe.

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    jackson
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    I'd be interested to see how many people were going at a speed like 52 km/h that could simply be a margin of error versus something significant like 65 km/h. Does anyone have a source with more...

    I'd be interested to see how many people were going at a speed like 52 km/h that could simply be a margin of error versus something significant like 65 km/h. Does anyone have a source with more details like this?

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    1. Pilgrim
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      No, but I'm familiar with speed cameras and they typically allow for a margin of error. I don't know for sure if these do or do not of course, but that's typically taken into account.

      No, but I'm familiar with speed cameras and they typically allow for a margin of error. I don't know for sure if these do or do not of course, but that's typically taken into account.

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    2. ankokudaishogun
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      due the margin error, the actual speed necessary to be caught is 55km\h by law

      due the margin error, the actual speed necessary to be caught is 55km\h by law

  3. ali
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    I was on a road trip in Italy this summer. People were driving too fast pretty much all the time, and even when going the limit or faster people tailgated me. One guy even when going down a mountain

    I was on a road trip in Italy this summer. People were driving too fast pretty much all the time, and even when going the limit or faster people tailgated me. One guy even when going down a mountain