Flock Blames Bad Data While Blowing Past Every Guardrail— Two journalists were stopped over a partial plate in an NCIC hotlist. Flock calls it a feature; the NCIC operating manual calls it a violation

cross-posted from: https://piefed.world/c/tech/p/1276130/flock-blames-bad-data-while-blowing-past-every-guardrail-two-journalists-were-stopped-ov

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Are there any implementations of camera based traffic safety networks that are actually kind of good, in terms of privacy, responsible data handling, and effectiveness?

Radar traps. They only snap a picture if someone is going above the speed limit, in a wrong lane (e.g. bus lane) or over a red light.

Any arguments against them are usually analogous to sugar companies opposing a sugar tax because it would lead to poor grammy being unable to afford to sweeten her morning coffee anymore.

yeah I still can’t believe these got banned in Ontario. so much more effective and safe in school zones than speed bumps or artificial lane narrowing

although fines should have been raised, like all vehicle fines, to a % of income/wealth

and I will admit that I don’t know how you ensure that they don’t become like Flock