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Comment by Tade0

10 hours ago

In my corner of the world it was the workers who demanded section control limiting speed to 70kmph in a segment of highway that was being renovated.

Authorities later said that they only went after 30% of the worst offenders, because otherwise the sheer number of tickets would be to high to process in a reasonable timespan.

Once word got out that the limit was actually enforced, speeds dropped. Now we have section control on some highways and personally I'm a fan, as I was always going around the speed limit anyway.

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bluGill  8 hours ago

What do you mean by "section control"? A did a quick search and founds lots of possibilities but none that seem to apply to construction zone speed control.

  • Tade0  8 hours ago

    Average speed camera. "Section control" is how they were named in Austria where I've first encountered them and the term translates to something similar in my language, so I assumed that was the English term, but it appears to be a case of Önglish.

    • tialaramex  7 hours ago

      Yeah, Average Speed Camera is definitely the terminology in the UK.

      This is distinct from just a Speed Camera which is measuring over a very short interval from a single camera, the Average Speed Camera involves two or more cameras, recording people passing different points and working out how fast, on average, they must be travelling to have done so.