How to get police to enforce traffic laws?
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    grimace_buckle_26
    2mo ago 100%

    Always interesting watching "back the blue" people breaking the laws, it's as if they have a different reason to have that stance 🤔

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  • https://www.wthr.com/article/news/local/pedestrian-safety-cyclist-struck-hit-drivers-cars-crisis-indianapolis-marion-county-indiana-crisis-tracking-deadly-vision-zero-massachusetts-college/531-89bb510f-e28b-4cb1-9552-35e2c0323f8c

    Since covid, I've seen more traffic violations than ever before and have seen 1 traffic stop (literally). People drive fast, pass in the bike lane or in the street parking, rarely stop at stop signs, and do not yield to pedestrian crossing. In Indianapolis, the police budget is 1/3 of the entire city tax revenue, so how do we have safer streets? :edit: shared link is 100 pedestrians were _reported_ hit in August 2024

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    Mass shooting outside Indianapolis mall [Circle Center] leaves 7 injured, all children and teens, police say
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    grimace_buckle_26
    7mo ago 100%

    I think teens face economic hardship directly. They often are financially stuck to whatever their parents allow or have access to and if they do get a job it's typically at the minimum wage

    But yeah, teens statically make more rash decisions like this

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  • Mass shooting outside Indianapolis mall [Circle Center] leaves 7 injured, all children and teens, police say
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    grimace_buckle_26
    7mo ago 100%

    Yeah, there have been studies that show cognitive impairment tied to prolong stressed caused by poverty. I'll have to dig them up. Nothing tied to mass shootings, but I don't think it's a leap if someone is having a hard time making rent and food to maybe not make the best decisions every day

    Not saying that poor or homeless people are a problem, saying economic stressors affect us in more ways than we might immediately see

    Property values seem in part tied to all of the excess money coming into the state, I've been around here for a decade and never seen so many out of state tags as since the pandemic. Even lower middle class in NY or CA can afford higher prices

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  • Mass shooting outside Indianapolis mall [Circle Center] leaves 7 injured, all children and teens, police say
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    grimace_buckle_26
    7mo ago 100%

    I worry as inflation and joblessness increase things like this will continue. Rent in Indianapolis has tripled since 2019, and wages haven't kept up

    And smart cameras and other surveillance that has increases in Indy since 2019 hasn't helped and most likely don't help prevent violent crimes

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  • Indiana State Police blitz westside interstate
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    grimace_buckle_26
    7mo ago 100%

    Is there a public data set of all traffic stops? In.gov has other datasets but I haven't seen traffic stops

    Sgt. John Perrine said troopers were stopping only drivers topping out at 75 MPH and above. 96.3% of vehicles recorded at one spot on the northwest side of I-465 were going over the speed limit.

    Maybe ticket all the violators and then pay for the roads/sidewalks/bike lanes/schools...

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