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Re:Bus Lane Blocked, He Trained His Computer to Catch Scofflaws by grogenaut on Friday March 16, 2018 @06:44PM (#16604503)
This type of enforcement pays for itself. Quick google search shows $115-150 for blocking a bus lane by standing parking or other means. Same price for bike lanes. That's $115 for a few minutes of work while on patrol or checking meters. You get 4 in an hour (seems likely) you're doing very well.

Ever heard of speed traps? Jurisdictions that pay for themselves by ruining a stretch of highway. Same deal here.

I'm not saying this is a good thing. However saying that it's "limited budget for enforcement" is just wrong. It is in fact a "Revenue Generation Opportunity".

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Re:Bus Lane Blocked, He Trained His Computer to Catch Scofflaws by jedberg on Friday March 16, 2018 @07:14PM (#16604658)
That only works if everyone in town knows about it and you only catch tourists. If you start nailing locals for something they do all the time, they get really upset.
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Re:Bus Lane Blocked, He Trained His Computer to Catch Scofflaws by konschubert on Friday March 16, 2018 @07:53PM (#16604824)
Maybe they should stop parking in bike lanes then.
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Re:Bus Lane Blocked, He Trained His Computer to Catch Scofflaws by rootusrootus on Friday March 16, 2018 @09:32PM (#16605137)
Perhaps. But usually what happens when city gov't starts relentlessly targeting their own citizens with what amounts to revenue generation via enforcement, the citizens effect change in the gov't so it stops.
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Re:Bus Lane Blocked, He Trained His Computer to Catch Scofflaws by kazagistar on Friday March 16, 2018 @11:07PM (#16605416)
Seems good: make the law reflect reality, rather then fake laws with no enforcement.
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Re:Bus Lane Blocked, He Trained His Computer to Catch Scofflaws by grogenaut on Sunday March 18, 2018 @03:59PM (#16613952)
NYC still has automated red light cameras... well known to piss people off. So I would say experimentally you are wrong.
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Re:Bus Lane Blocked, He Trained His Computer to Catch Scofflaws by DanBC on Friday March 16, 2018 @08:04PM (#16604874)
That didn't seem to have stopped the enforcement efforts in places like Missouri.

www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b05pqskm

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