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vexation is an emotional word .. so without details, expect some funding or legislative push in the press to follow, in this US Presidential election year. Her

vexation is an emotional word .. so without details, expect some funding or legislative push in the press to follow, in this US Presidential election year. Here in California, the appetite to automate tracking and enforcement seems unlimited. Maybe look for even more of the same to "fix" this situation?

dghlsakjg 2y ago
Vexation is a strange word because we know perfectly well what kills people. Bad driving, bad infrastructure, speed, and larger vehicles. I'm all for more automated enforcement. It eliminates the need for traffic cops to sit around doing the easy stuff like handing out minor traffic tickets, and allows them to concentrate on things like cars without license plates, injury collision investigations, etc. If you don't want automated enforcement action, there is a really easy solution: drive lawfully. I've never gotten a speeding ticket, a red light ticket, or anything but a parking ticket in 2 decades of driving. It wasn't hard at all, all I did was not speed or run red lights. As far as tracking, that ship has sailed. Private companies have networks of license plate readers that they are happy to sell to law enforcement.
- mistrial9 2y ago
  on the other hand, a profit-oriented and unfair enforcement system can and will create laws that almost everyone breaks.. then use selective or opportunistic enforcement, and steep fines. There are many precedents for exactly this in many circumstances without modern networks and sensors.
  - dghlsakjg 2y ago
    We already have a profit oriented, unfair enforcement system with laws that people routinely break. At least with automated enforcement it is much harder to get away with selective or biased enforcement without leaving very obvious records around. I live in a province where speed cameras are not allowed, and the difference is clear when I visit the next province over where speed cameras are allowed.

dghlsakjg 2y ago

Vexation is a strange word because we know perfectly well what kills people. Bad driving, bad infrastructure, speed, and larger vehicles. I'm all for more automated enforcement. It eliminates the need for traffic cops to sit around doing the easy stuff like handing out minor traffic tickets, and allows them to concentrate on things like cars without license plates, injury collision investigations, etc. If you don't want automated enforcement action, there is a really easy solution: drive lawfully. I've never gotten a speeding ticket, a red light ticket, or anything but a parking ticket in 2 decades of driving. It wasn't hard at all, all I did was not speed or run red lights. As far as tracking, that ship has sailed. Private companies have networks of license plate readers that they are happy to sell to law enforcement.

mistrial9 2y ago
on the other hand, a profit-oriented and unfair enforcement system can and will create laws that almost everyone breaks.. then use selective or opportunistic enforcement, and steep fines. There are many precedents for exactly this in many circumstances without modern networks and sensors.
- dghlsakjg 2y ago
  We already have a profit oriented, unfair enforcement system with laws that people routinely break. At least with automated enforcement it is much harder to get away with selective or biased enforcement without leaving very obvious records around. I live in a province where speed cameras are not allowed, and the difference is clear when I visit the next province over where speed cameras are allowed.