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Traffic Camera Mistakes Woman for Car, Issues Ticket to Car Owner

21 points by davesailer 5y ago

karmakaze 5y ago
Earlier discussion without the clickbaity title > Bus lane camera mistakes woman's sweater for number plate https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28915459 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28915459
hoppyhoppy2 5y ago
Another discussion from yesterday: Motorist fined after CCTV confuses his number plate with woman’s T-shirt https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28904705 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28904705
dmm 5y ago
> the government staff member on the phone “burst out laughing” Isn't it great there was someone to call? Someday there probably won't be.
aronpye 5y ago
Fuck ups like this get me so mad as they are always such a waste of time and you never get compensated for having to resolve them yourself, e.g. waiting on hold for hours to speak to a human being or having to send a physical letter, etc.
jlawer 5y ago
They shouldn't be able to issue fines without someone else at least having a look at the photo and validating it. Whoever then signs off on this should be reprimanded / fired. I completely get using technology as a productivity booster, however there needs to always be a human responsible and liable for any mistake, otherwise we end up automating incompetence.
- dzhiurgis 5y ago
  You say this, but the fix is literally sending and email / phone call for inevitable fuckup. I recently got a fine when my plates were scanned but I’ve entered them incorrectly to the machine. Pretty stupid when you think about it. Emailed and resolved in 5 mins.
  - jlawer 5y ago
    Yes, but without someone having responsibility on the issuing side. How long until a mistake happens and that email box goes to someone who is off for 6 months with a medical issue and the issue gets "Lost in the system". We already have plenty of places where you struggle to talk to a human who can do anything to fix the issue. Someone should always be individually responsible / liable for something that has legal ramifications or its easy to share the blame enough that no one is really responsible and it never gets fixed.
    - dzhiurgis 5y ago
      IMO the messed up part is that we still send these notifications by post
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21 points by davesailer 5y ago

Earlier discussion without the clickbaity title > Bus lane camera mistakes woman's sweater for number plate https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28915459 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28915459

hoppyhoppy2 5y ago

Another discussion from yesterday: Motorist fined after CCTV confuses his number plate with woman’s T-shirt https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28904705 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28904705

dmm 5y ago

> the government staff member on the phone “burst out laughing” Isn't it great there was someone to call? Someday there probably won't be.

aronpye 5y ago

Fuck ups like this get me so mad as they are always such a waste of time and you never get compensated for having to resolve them yourself, e.g. waiting on hold for hours to speak to a human being or having to send a physical letter, etc.

jlawer 5y ago

They shouldn't be able to issue fines without someone else at least having a look at the photo and validating it. Whoever then signs off on this should be reprimanded / fired. I completely get using technology as a productivity booster, however there needs to always be a human responsible and liable for any mistake, otherwise we end up automating incompetence.

dzhiurgis 5y ago
You say this, but the fix is literally sending and email / phone call for inevitable fuckup. I recently got a fine when my plates were scanned but I’ve entered them incorrectly to the machine. Pretty stupid when you think about it. Emailed and resolved in 5 mins.
- jlawer 5y ago
  Yes, but without someone having responsibility on the issuing side. How long until a mistake happens and that email box goes to someone who is off for 6 months with a medical issue and the issue gets "Lost in the system". We already have plenty of places where you struggle to talk to a human who can do anything to fix the issue. Someone should always be individually responsible / liable for something that has legal ramifications or its easy to share the blame enough that no one is really responsible and it never gets fixed.
  - dzhiurgis 5y ago
    IMO the messed up part is that we still send these notifications by post

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