3 ms·
Sounds great to me. The other day I was wondering why they don't mount traffic cameras on MTA busses for massive city coverage… but the short version is that tr
by Eric_WVGG 8y ago
Sounds great to me. The other day I was wondering why they don't mount traffic cameras on MTA busses for massive city coverage… but the short version is that traffic laws are determined by the state, not NYC, and the rest of the state is ruled by automobile drivers who don't want to vote themselves into traffic tickets.
[edit] btw, I was referring to issues like "blocking the box," double parking, parking in bike lanes, generally unsafe driving. Cameras track speeding, which (I believe) is actually the least of the problems we have around here. Generally traffic is so terrible that speeding is impossible.
- cozzyd 8y agoNo reason the cameras couldn't fine all those things. Should be "easy" for today's "AI" to flag these and have a human review.
- Eric_WVGG 8y agoI was imagining even lower tech than that: bus drivers would have a wheel mounted trigger, and thumb it every time they drive by a double-parked car or a car in the bus lane. The NYPD would have a person whose job was to load the bus-mounted video, jump to the triggered time stamps, review and issue tickets… I figure they could get through about one citation per minute? Then I imagine the legislature of Albany dying with laughter…