Italian net closes in on 'Fleximan' - vigilante destroyer of speed cameras

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Italian net closes in on 'Fleximan' - vigilante destroyer of speed cameras
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'Murcia needs to start taking road safety seriously.

But of course, the "muh rights" crowd won't shut the fuck up, so here we are...

Yes we do, but per-capita numbers are useless without figuring in mileage. I drive from the southern tip of Italy to the Italian alps, twice on a round trip, to pick up my kids.

Yes. And if you had infrastructure, they could have done that trip on a high speed train instead of you having to drive.

What's the argument here? That because you drive twice as far, it is expected you run over twice as many people?

Keep in mind that traffic in the US is simply more dangerous then in Europe. Traffic in the US consist of a large number of pick up trucks which are heavy and not designed to be friendly to other traffic in an accident. There are more factors, but my key takeaway is accidents versus deadly accidents.

Why are they so far away? There is logic to what you're saying, according to this website Americans drive on average twice as far as Italians/Germans etc. so if you scale by that America is still slightly higher but not as bad.

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