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> I can't understand why we don't have more automated highway enforcement in the US Although local municipalities often ignore the entire Bill of Rights, I bel
by Maursault 5y ago
> I can't understand why we don't have more automated highway enforcement in the US
Although local municipalities often ignore the entire Bill of Rights, I believe at the State level they take the 6th Amendment more seriously, specifically the right of the accused to confront and cross-examine the witnesses against them. It really is not possible to cross-examine a camera, a machine, a computer, or a more complex system. This kind of 6th Amendment issue was explored in a first season episode of the original Star Trek series, Court Martial.[1]
[1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CVfFWs4BKBE&t=2m9s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CVfFWs4BKBE&t=2m9s
- bitcharmer 5y agoThis is bizarre. In many European countries you absolutely have the right to challenge any and all evidence against you if you decide to contest the penalty. In such case you go to court to make your case.
- Karunamon 5y agoThe machine captures evidence of your offense, but is not your accuser, that would be the state, who has to prove that the evidence is sound. Your theory would make CCTV recordings inadmissible against burgalars. Besides, that limitation is about criminal, not civil, matters.