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[–] jasondj@ttrpg.network 84 points 1 year ago (2 children)

You ever see those “Speed limit enforced by aircraft” signs? That’s the guy you gotta worry about.

[–] lugal@sopuli.xyz 22 points 1 year ago (3 children)

That's what "©" means. In most states you are by natural law not allowed to be faster than the speed of light

[–] boonhet@lemm.ee 13 points 1 year ago (3 children)
[–] lugal@sopuli.xyz 12 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I don't know of any where it's allowed but I didn't want to generalize since generalizations are always wrong. Always.

[–] jasondj@ttrpg.network 7 points 1 year ago

Physics is full of woke librul propaganda like “conservation of energy”.

In my state we obey the laws of alchemy.

[–] droans@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Some states haven't adopted the most recent version of the laws of physics.

[–] Gestrid@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 year ago

That version's kinda glitchy, TBH. It's better they don't update until it's been patched a bit more.

[–] ramjambamalam@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 year ago
[–] Akasazh@feddit.nl 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

That damned big governement and their rules smh

/s

[–] moistclump@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I never actually understood those. Do they actually have, like… a drone? Is it snapping a photo? How’s it all work?

[–] Gork@lemm.ee 11 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

So you'll occasionally see two white lines perpendicular to the road at a set internal. A helicopter, drone, or plane can time when a car passes both of these lines and can calculate the average speed of the car.

This info is then relayed to a police car on the ground who then pulls over the driver.

[–] moistclump@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Why is that better than the police officer who was going to pull them over just using a speed gun?

[–] Gork@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

shrugs

Less likely to be noticed by drivers or alerts like on Waze. Probably a bit more costly though if they're using helicopters or planes instead of drones.

[–] moistclump@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It seems like if the purpose was stealth then they wouldn’t have a sign announcing it.

[–] Gork@lemm.ee 3 points 1 year ago

Deterrence. You never know when they might be monitoring you above, so watch your speed.

[–] iforgotmyinstance@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

I drive through areas like this all the time for years. I have never heard of anyone actually getting a ticket from this.