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The big problem with all this automated enforcement is they only end up punishing honest people. Kind of like continually raising fares while doing zero about f
by bradleyjg 2y ago
The big problem with all this automated enforcement is they only end up punishing honest people. Kind of like continually raising fares while doing zero about fare evasion.
The police should crack down hard on: license plate covers, fake license plates, fake temporary plates, etc. I suggest seizing the vehicles as contraband. Then I might support more automated enforcement. Until then, I don’t.
- acdha 2y agoThis is a “do both” situation: those “honest people” are still knowingly trying to cheat their neighbors, so while they pose less of a threat individually than the people with fake plates the aggregate cost is quite high due to greater numbers, and fining them is done by a separate group of people so it doesn’t take any resources away from the police you need to go after the hardened criminals. Cameras actively help that process, too, because they collect data showing how widespread the problem is and individual fake plates will collect tickets showing how dangerous those particular drivers are.
- kouru225 2y agoYou could say this about all enforcement. In the exact same way that organized crime is driven to tax evasion, petty crime is driven to fake license plates etc. That’s not necessary a bad thing.