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Ask HN: What are you working on? (February 2025)

261 points david927 | 1 comments | 23 Feb 25 23:00 UTC | HN request time: 0.229s | source

What are you working on? Any new ideas that you're thinking about?
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mavamaarten ◴[24 Feb 25 07:09 UTC] No.43156614[source]▶
I live next to a school, so there's a low speed limit (30 km/h). Still, people drive like race drivers and the city hasn't ever responded to the residents' hopes of introducing a speed camera.

I wanted to have some data on how many people speed, the max speed recorded, that sort of thing. Things the city should be doing after many complaints of dangerous driving and people being almost killed on zebra crossings.

I have a doorbell camera, and by analysing the footage using OpenCV and some code, I can track how fast people drive if you see how fast they move between two known points.

Average speed: 46 km/h :(

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01jonny01 ◴[24 Feb 25 08:29 UTC] No.43157069[source]▶
I'd rather put up with the speeding than aasking for the government to intervene.
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1. Cthulhu_ ◴[24 Feb 25 13:31 UTC] No.43159347[source]▶
The speeding itself isn't the problem. The increased risk of accidents is - and since this is around a school, it involves young children.

"I'd rather put up with the speeding" implies you don't have kids and you only consider the noise nuisance, not the safety risk. Very self-centered.