Is it unreasonable to post a warning about a speed trap?

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Just seen this debate going on on our local village Facebook group.

Poster A: Warning everyone, there are police with speed gun trap at XXX lane today.
Poster B: thanks for sharing, will go slow down there today
Poster C: the point of speed gun traps is to catch speeders and give them consequences like fines or speed awareness courses. Consequences change behaviours. You are wrong to pre-warn people as it removes the consequence which means the drivers won't learn a lesson.

For the record, I'm not any of the posters but I completely agree with Poster C. Typical facebook bunfight has now ensued.

Is Poster A unreasonable to post the warning?

A is perfectly reasonable IMHO - others will disagree

I'm with poster C

I personally find people complaining about receiving fines and points for speeding for speeding infuriating. Just drive at the speed limit (or under if road conditions dictate). If you decide not to then there's can't be surprised that you get caught.

I would definitely be on poster C's side.

I would be poster D telling poster B what a twat they are

Yes, I agree with C

I personally find people complaining about receiving fines and points for speeding for speeding infuriating. Just drive at the speed limit (or under if road conditions dictate). If you decide not to then there's can't be surprised that you get caught.

Yes. I speed (judiciously, though I suppose everyone thinks that!), and if I'm caught they have me bang to rights. Same with parking tickets.

I'm with C too

I'm with C.

I hate the attitude that it's okay to speed as long as you get away with it.

Our local papers says where traps are for the coming week.

The problem with posting this is it will cause people “in the know” to slow suddenly at the relevant moment. People behind them who aren’t expecting them to do this will have to slow, too. This could cause an accident.

I see it all the time on our village facebook page.
There is always a warning of where they are, if they are around.
It's never turned into a bun fight though.

I had this argument with my sister a few days ago. She told me to flash people on the opposite side of the road to warn them about the police speed checking. My argument was pretty much the same, isn’t the point of them to stop people speeding in the future.
She told the story to our friends at dinner who all thought I was a pleb for not giving people the heads up 🤷🏼‍♀️

I agree with C as well. This also happens a lot on our local fb page. The camera van is right outside my house. I never warn anyone.

I never warn anyone. If you are speeding you fully deserve to face the consequences.

If people who see the page slow down because they think there might be a speed trap, then the desired result - people driving slower - has been achieved.

The police in every area post the places they will have mobile cameras out.

So A isn't doing anything wrong

B is being honest

C is being a self righteous twunt

The police publish a list of where they're going to be with speed cameras. And there are warning signs before you reach a static camera - i don't think a Facebook post matters in the slightest.

The police in our county publish the locations of the mobile speed vans for the week on their website each Monday and our local paper publishes it. But I get your point

Isn't it our collective duty to prevent a crime from taking place? So, if the warning prevents people from speeding surely that's preferable to somebody speeding and all the risks that accompany that?

They announce them in the traffic section on the local radio. Slows people down.

The problem with posting this is it will cause people “in the know” to slow suddenly at the relevant moment. People behind them who aren’t expecting them to do this will have to slow, too. This could cause an accident

Only if the person behind is also speeding.

They’re being reasonable. People who see the warning will slow down and not speed. Mission accomplished.

If you’re not speeding then you don’t need a warning. So anyone in A and Bs camp must be speeding? Twats.

Oh... Peter Perfect just arrived

I think it’s fine to warn people. The areas they target for speeding are generally areas where a lot of people speed and is dangerous. Therefore the more people who know the less people will speed there so less danger.

C is being a self righteous twunt Yes