Road design, safety and Vision Zero

[danbrotherston]

Maybe it's because I have kids, but I'm always very aware when I'm driving through school zones. It's not hard to slow down. I'm fine with the cameras in school zones. If they were in arbitrary areas where traffic calming should rather be used to slow down traffic I'd be against them. The onus is on the driver to not speed.
Imagine the type of backlash we'd have here if European ISA regulations were implemented. (Especially to the level where the car will not be allowed to bypass the limit)

I was aware when I was cycling through school zones before I had kids, but it was because it was an extremely dangerous situation that was the direct result of the dangerous driving of the parents of the children.

That said, I do understand how it can be difficult to slow down, especially when people around you don't. When you have a driver tailgating you, possibly even honking, weaving back and forth, trying to push past you on a busy road, while there is nobody in front, yeah, I can understand how it is difficult.

That said, towards the end of my time in Canada I did start to take a lot of pleasure in pissing off angry aggressive people by following the rules and acting safely, so for me, it became easy. But most people do not enjoy that.