• SapphironZA@sh.itjust.works
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    1 month ago

    This is why I like average speed over distance cameras. They are not focused on catching people in particular spots. They get everyone in an area to drive at a similar speed.

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      1 month ago

      So they try to track cars and where they go? That sounds like a very bad power that nobody should have.

      Also full of false-positives

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        1 month ago

        The cameras are not optical, so false positives are very very rare.

        They can’t track where you go, they only measure your speed between two detection points. The foto only gets taken if you exceed the speed limit.

        So in that way they are better than normal cameras

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            30 days ago

            To clarify, the second measuring point has an normal camera along with the licence plate camera. It knows its the same car because its aimed at the Same point the licence plate camera is.

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          so the first detection point records your license plate and time. This is required for determining your speed once you pass the second point. But yet all of those obeying the speed limit get recorded of taking a specific road at a specific time.

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          30 days ago

          There are many optical speed cameras that take pictures of all cars passing it to share it with police intelligence networks.

          That is also open to abuse, just like any other database.

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              30 days ago

              Its not the cameras that are the problem. Its when they get connected to central databases that they become a problem. Then they get used for public surveillance rather than security.