• stoy@lemmy.zip
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    5 days ago

    ticket speeders by timing between cameras.

    You mean that they use average speed cameras?

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      5 days ago

      I mean that they’ll take a pictures potentially miles apart and calculate speed by the time between them rather than just speed at time of capture via radar or induction loop.

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        4 days ago

        Thanks to the Mean Value Theorem , one can conclude that there was at least one moment in between the two camera shots where the car’s instantaneous speed was the same as its average speed.

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          Oh lol wrong interpretation of average. Yes, that’s what China uses. I know some western countries have implemented or considered them as well but for the most part at least in the US speed cameras are only at moment of capture (or slightly before if you want to be technical)

          • wewbull@feddit.uk
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            4 days ago

            UK uses them a lot,especially around road works to enforce the reduced limit.