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The first comment on the article is better written and more credible than the article itself. Yes, selective enforcement sucks, but it seems the author's own ne

by Zanni 6y ago

The first comment on the article is better written and more credible than the article itself. Yes, selective enforcement sucks, but it seems the author's own neighborhood board asked for more enforcement? And, yes, over-sensitivity can be a problem, but the author doesn't make this case effectively (the camera could just have been under-sensitive before).

OskarS 6y ago
Oh, come on. > Data from MPD shows that in June 2020, the camera in question snapped 82 violators. Then there were 2,850 tickets in July 2020 (compared to 231 tickets in July 2019). Then the camera started flashing like paparazzi in Cannes: From August through November, a total of 17,216 tickets were issued. That’s $1,721,600 from one camera at one intersection in just four months. This is the SAME CAMERA, just recalibrated, and it issues 34x as many tickets one month to the next. In four months, this single camera has sucked almost $2 million from the residents. How many stop-sign violators do you think this tiny intersection has? And if you're caught by this clearly malfunctioning camera, you basically have no recourse in the legal system? This is abusive, plain and simple. Whether or not it was intentionally done like this another question (probably it wasn't, probably it's just a miscalibration), but either way it doesn't make it right. Remember: the purpose of a camera like this is to improve conditions for residents, but instead it's bleeding them for money with absolutely no proof of any improvement in safety. EDIT: oh, and another thing: > “I’ve got five tickets,” Gopalakrishna told me. “Before I found out about the first one, I’d gotten four more.” If you don't know that you've gotten a ticket until much later, how exactly are you supposed to modify your behavior? How could you possibly avoid getting tickets 2-5 if you don't even know about getting the first one?
LorenPechtel 6y ago
The city claims it was asked for. That doesn't mean it was, or perhaps it's just one Karen asking for it.
- spacemanmatt 6y ago
  I've asked for such cameras to be placed around my state's capitol and many of the wealthy neighborhoods but it never happens. I wonder why this neighborhood got one?

by Zanni 6y ago

OskarS 6y ago

Oh, come on. > Data from MPD shows that in June 2020, the camera in question snapped 82 violators. Then there were 2,850 tickets in July 2020 (compared to 231 tickets in July 2019). Then the camera started flashing like paparazzi in Cannes: From August through November, a total of 17,216 tickets were issued. That’s $1,721,600 from one camera at one intersection in just four months. This is the SAME CAMERA, just recalibrated, and it issues 34x as many tickets one month to the next. In four months, this single camera has sucked almost $2 million from the residents. How many stop-sign violators do you think this tiny intersection has? And if you're caught by this clearly malfunctioning camera, you basically have no recourse in the legal system? This is abusive, plain and simple. Whether or not it was intentionally done like this another question (probably it wasn't, probably it's just a miscalibration), but either way it doesn't make it right. Remember: the purpose of a camera like this is to improve conditions for residents, but instead it's bleeding them for money with absolutely no proof of any improvement in safety. EDIT: oh, and another thing: > “I’ve got five tickets,” Gopalakrishna told me. “Before I found out about the first one, I’d gotten four more.” If you don't know that you've gotten a ticket until much later, how exactly are you supposed to modify your behavior? How could you possibly avoid getting tickets 2-5 if you don't even know about getting the first one?

LorenPechtel 6y ago

The city claims it was asked for. That doesn't mean it was, or perhaps it's just one Karen asking for it.

spacemanmatt 6y ago
I've asked for such cameras to be placed around my state's capitol and many of the wealthy neighborhoods but it never happens. I wonder why this neighborhood got one?