I Put a Hidden Camera on the Road. How Many Drivers Were Speeding?

Описание: What started as a weekend curiosity spiraled into a two-year deep dive: I parked a cheap USB zoom camera on lonely hillsides, recorded 14-hour marathons of traffic, then fed every frame to a $3-an-hour AI assistant. It clocked the speed of more than 50,000 cars—revealing that almost half of us treat posted limits like polite suggestions and that government “official” stats… don’t exactly match reality.

From mafia-run border roads to Spain’s heavily policed A-2, I found speed cameras that fine on paper but shrug in practice, average-speed traps that make a fortune yet barely slow anyone down, and a bizarre stretch where fear keeps drivers crawling 20 km/h under the limit for no clear reason. I even blasted past a €30 k radar at 149 km/h—and never got a ticket.

Along the way I stumbled into philosophical turf wars (Hobbes vs. Locke, anyone?), uncovered how local politics quietly rewrites enforcement thresholds, and learned why tech alone can’t fix human nature. If you’ve ever wondered whether those roadside boxes safeguard lives or just pad city budgets, buckle up: this video lays the data bare and invites you to judge. Drop a comment with where I should set up my next hidden camera — and, as always, drive safe.

00:00 - Introduction
01:00 - Motivation
02:33 - A-2: 40% of the drivers are speeding!
03:42 - AP-7: Less speeding, but why?
05:11 - Speed control cameras don't work
06:21 - Speeding on country roads
07:16 - Speeding is socially acceptable
09:00 - A-2: Average speed control camera
10:38 - Doubting the efficiency of speed control
12:44 - Is government misreporting?
13:36 - AP-7: Top money-making camera
15:08 - Trying to catch a fine myself
16:56 - Democracy vs. speed control
19:08 - Speed control theory
21:04 - Túnel de Bruc: Newly installed radar
22:30 - Overcompliance due to fear
24:41 - Weak enforcement and disobedience
26:36 - Why not raise the speed limits?
28:22 - Universal surveillance in Kazakhstan
29:29 - The ultimate solution for road safety

Music used:
STRLGHT - HELIX
Ballpoint - Real Phonk Anthem
Krithi - Let's Go
Raccy - Push
ROONIN - HXME INVASION
Rachel Sandy - Into the Meridian
STRLGHT - BACK2BACK
MXRPHEUS - VULTURES

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