Speed Cameras versus Hillbillies – Experiment?

The genesis of this comes from Schmee visiting Whistling Diesel and posting it recently. The jokes about culture differences are pretty stock, but the ease of chat and shared love of auto culture was easy watching. Their exchanges about speeding in England versus the US is particularly amusing.

So, how about an experiment? Considering the US has experimented with red light cameras with well below good results overall, from a safety claim. Speed is a significant safety issue (or at least the authorities and the insurance people keep saying and making the rules to enforce) but we also have guns. Lots of guns.

Take almost an exact duplicate of the standard / common residential speed camera, drop a few of them in rural-ish or adjacent areas in TN, KY, AR and maybe GA, and make one distinct change: put a large sign on it that says “CAMERA ONLY CAPTURES FOOTAGE OF SPEEDERS”

I’d guess it’s less than a week before somebody figures out driving slow also helps with aim. Would be an interesting study I think. Heck, I’d put one in my garage as a souvenir / warning about reality.