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RobBrady Frequent Visitor
Joined: Jul 21, 2004 Posts: 2718 Location: Chelmsford, UK
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Posted: Tue Dec 07, 2010 4:57 pm Post subject: Swedish Drivers Get Paid to Slow Down |
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The guys over at Wired report that a Swedish speed camera has been introduced which rewards drivers when they keep to the speed limit. The self funding project is an initiative that is paid for by speeders who are caught speeding by the self-same camera.
It's a simple, but clever idea. When passing the camera, if you're speeding, you get a ticket as normal, but if you drive at or under the speed-limit you automatically get entered into a lottery. All funds from the speeders fund said lottery.
According to the Swedish National Society for Road Safety, the average speed of vehicles passing the camera dropped from 32 kilometres per hour before the experiment to 25kph. _________________ Robert Brady |
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Andy_P Pocket GPS Moderator
Joined: Jun 04, 2005 Posts: 19991 Location: West and Southwest London
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Posted: Tue Dec 07, 2010 6:03 pm Post subject: |
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That's quite cool....
And seems to work too! |
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clod Occasional Visitor
Joined: Dec 01, 2010 Posts: 1
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Posted: Tue Dec 07, 2010 6:54 pm Post subject: |
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Genius idea, although ill bet that more people are using that road now! |
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K13ehr Lifetime Member
Joined: Jul 12, 2008 Posts: 286
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Posted: Tue Dec 07, 2010 7:59 pm Post subject: |
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Any prizes for guessing how long it takes our bunch of ****** to implement it over here then.
That'll be never then as they'd lose money, and it would appear that the present mob as with their predecessors are only interested in extracting the maximum from the ones who put them there, just so they can spend it foolishly, (MOD and NHS excepted, except where they waste it there too).
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spook51 Lifetime Member
Joined: Mar 26, 2004 Posts: 548 Location: East Midlands
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Posted: Wed Dec 08, 2010 7:16 am Post subject: |
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clod wrote: | Genius idea, although ill bet that more people are using that road now! |
Why? If more drivers go past the camera within the speed limit the prize money goes down and the odds on winning worsen. |
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M8TJT The Other Tired Old Man
Joined: Apr 04, 2006 Posts: 10118 Location: Bexhill, South Sussex, UK
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Posted: Wed Dec 08, 2010 9:46 am Post subject: |
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Absolutely correct. But if YOU aint in it, you can't win it Which is the only reason for me not having won the lottery (yet ) |
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spook51 Lifetime Member
Joined: Mar 26, 2004 Posts: 548 Location: East Midlands
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Posted: Wed Dec 08, 2010 10:48 am Post subject: |
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M8TJT wrote: | Absolutely correct. But if YOU aint in it, you can't win it Which is the only reason for me not having won the lottery (yet ) |
To be pedantic, it isn't - not being in it is one reason, your numbers not coming up is another, eh?
Anyway, I wouldn't divert past a particular camera just because there's a faint chance of winning a few bob. |
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M8TJT The Other Tired Old Man
Joined: Apr 04, 2006 Posts: 10118 Location: Bexhill, South Sussex, UK
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Posted: Wed Dec 08, 2010 6:14 pm Post subject: |
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spook51 wrote: | M8TJT wrote: | Absolutely correct. But if YOU aint in it, you can't win it Which is the only reason for me not having won the lottery (yet ) |
To be pedantic, it isn't - not being in it is one reason, your numbers not coming up is another, eh? | To also be pedantic, If I don't buy a ticket, the numbers that come up are pretty irrelevent, as I dont have any 'my' numbers |
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