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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The real issue here is that traffic laws and traffic cameras are racist. This has been documented in studies across the country.

https://www.propublica.org/article/chicagos-race-neutral-traffic-cameras-ticket-black-and-latino-drivers-the-most[/quote]

Sorry but I see 100x more red light and stop sign running in lower income parts of DC. It's pretty stunning to just see cars fly through intersections and a miracle more pedestrians haven't died.[/quote]
Is there data where they tracked drivers to see if minorities actually drive as safe or safer than whites so the increased penalties can legit be called racist? [b]I have worked hard over the last 20 years to unpack my own biases[/b], but I will say the most batsh*t crazy drivers I have seen are not whites. Every single person who has threatened me as a pedestrian, every person I see who drives like a d*** around my kids' school, etc. no matter what I try to tell myself about confirmation bias. I will say I think part of it is when that person appears to be low income, my guess is that they were not brought up to value themselves, value life, value community in the same way — they were not valued themselves by their families or society growing up, so it's sad they drive like they DGAF if they kill someone. Disadvantage goes to the roots, sadly. Driving is a privilege and nobody, no matter how much they rely on driving, is guaranteed the right to drive. Unfortunately America has a horrible reliance on cars.[/quote]

People need to stop doing that and trust their gut more. Lots more people would still be alive and we might have some semblance of order if people didn't educate themselves out of reality. Any remotely observant person gets what's going on after a short while, but almost no one is willing to admit it. If admitting it is too much, at least don't dog pile on other people that might want to actually solve problems. [/quote]

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