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1. jandre+Wi1[view] [source] 2020-06-24 20:24:42
>>vermon+(OP)
It isn't just facial recognition, license plate readers can have the same indefensibly Kafka-esque outcomes where no one is held accountable for verifying computer-generated "evidence". Systems like in the article make it so cheap for the government to make a mistake, since there are few consequences, that they simply accept mistakes as a cost of doing business.

Someone I know received vehicular fines from San Francisco on an almost weekly basis solely from license plate reader hits. The documentary evidence sent with the fines clearly showed her car had been misidentified but no one ever bothered to check. She was forced to fight each and every fine because they come with a presumption of guilt, but as soon as she cleared one they would send her a new one. The experience became extremely upsetting for her, the entire bureaucracy simply didn't care.

It took threats of legal action against the city for them to set a flag that apparently causes violations attributed to her car to be manually reviewed. The city itself claimed the system was only 80-90% accurate, but they didn't believe that to be a problem.

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2. vmcept+t82[view] [source] 2020-06-25 03:30:56
>>jandre+Wi1
That suddenly reminded me why I feel so privileged to not own a car, a distinct contrast from when I was a teenager and felt it was a rite of passage!

I had forgotten about the routine of fighting traffic tickets multiple times a year as a fact of life. Let alone fender benders. I had only been reveling in the lack of a frustrating commute.

Last decade I did get a car for 3 months, and the insurance company was so thrilled that I was "such a good driver" because of my "spotless record" for many years. Little do they know I just don't drive and perhaps have now less experience than others. Although tangentially, their risk matrix actually might be correct, if I can afford to live in dense desirable areas then maybe it is less likely that I would be going fast and getting into circumstances that pull from their insurance pool at larger amounts.

They probably thought "one of the largest companies in the world probably chauffeurs him down the highway in a bus anyway"

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3. nitwit+Pm4[view] [source] 2020-06-25 20:19:55
>>vmcept+t82
This is a big reason I wish it was easier to not have a car in the US. There's always the potential to get things like parking tickets, and you have to deal with license, insurance, parking permit, etc.

The volume of tickets issued is quite staggering, and each one is a huge annoyance for someone.

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