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Warning people of speed traps causes them to drive more safely, not less. Only cops get upset when you do this.
Where I live all speed traps are clearly marked. Yes, their purpose should be to make people slow down, not catch them by surprise. But we're talking about warning about caps,nort just speed traps. If it's just unmarked speed traps I agree.
Because where I live cops are violent thugs and I don't want some dude whos only crime is speeding to get shot for it.
I assume it's in the US? So you warn all the other drivers? Is it by flashing long beams like in Europe?
Toggle lights off and on. Still hard to do. Often people are too stupid to understand and turn on their brights just to be a jackass.
Sounds like you're European, which explains some of your beliefs.
In the US, cops steal more than burglars: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2015/11/23/cops-took-more-stuff-from-people-than-burglars-did-last-year/
Lie constantly about the violence they commit: https://mappingpoliceviolence.org/
Plant evidence constantly:
https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2023-08-09/prosecutors-dismiss-charges-after-deputy-is-accused-of-planting-evidence
https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/07/20/538279258/baltimore-police-caught-planting-drugs-in-body-cam-footage-public-defender-says
https://www.thecity.nyc/2022/12/13/23507834/edny-fbi-investigating-nypd-drug-planting-allegations
and arrest black and brown people at a ridiculous rate: https://www.ppic.org/publication/racial-disparities-in-california-arrests/
https://www.sentencingproject.org/reports/report-to-the-united-nations-on-racial-disparities-in-the-u-s-criminal-justice-system/
That doesn't even touch on our for-profit prison system and qualified immunity which allows them to get away with it more often than not.
In the US, they are nothing more than the gang that has ways to extort you.