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I wonder whether, along with the rollout of the infrastructure needed to support mass AVs, the govt will just be adding in traffic surveillance cameras as well?

• gumby 9y ago
  > I wonder whether, along with ... mass AVs, the govt will just be adding in traffic surveillance cameras as well? I don't wonder -- it seems quite certain this will happen. It seems whenever new systems are put in place, surveillance is built in: Automatic bridge toll payment? Could have been done with a reloadable token but no, you have to tie it to a particular vehicle and identity, and that information has been used by law enforcement. Driver's licenses? They really need only a photo and an expiration date but instead they are belarded with all sorts of information (weight, address etc) which have nothing to do with driving. In this case it will likely be shrouded by the overstretched and abused "third party doctrine" (if a third party has the info the govt can just go see it -- so the DEA doesn't have a license plate database, it can simply contract with a third party to make one instead). The government will simply require that AV fleets provide all their telemetry data including optical camera info. > It seems to me that the infrastructure to support mass AV traffic would involve lots of sensors, cameras, and other electronic devices. What sort of infrastructure should be built that is specific to AVs (and why should the government, rather than the fleet operators or other third parties implement it)? Why should they need even as much as humans require today?