Bus Lane Blocked, He Trained His Computer to Catch Scofflaws

Re:Bus Lane Blocked, He Trained His Computer to Catch Scofflaws by woolvalley on Friday March 16, 2018 @07:30PM (#16604731)

SF solves this by putting cameras on the busses themselves. Bus driver sees someone blocking the bus stop or bus lane, presses a button and creates a ticket.

You get a live witness, video footage and only enforcing it when a bus needs that space.

It works too, uber drivers do not like picking up people in bus stops.

You could extended it to citizen cyclists too with some political controversy.

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Re:Bus Lane Blocked, He Trained His Computer to Catch Scofflaws by CydeWeys on Friday March 16, 2018 @10:36PM (#16605326)

I would love to be able to write tickets on cars illegally parked in bike lanes. Give me a ticket book and I'll work for free. I'll even document every ticket with unimpeachable timestamped video footage.

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Re:Bus Lane Blocked, He Trained His Computer to Catch Scofflaws by lorenzhs on Saturday March 17, 2018 @04:55AM (#16606100)

In some German cities you can email the police a photo along with a description when and where the infraction took place and they will issue a ticket. In other cities you might have to mail it the old-fashioned way.

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Re:Bus Lane Blocked, He Trained His Computer to Catch Scofflaws by CydeWeys on Saturday March 17, 2018 @08:32AM (#16606678)

We've got apps for this in NYC that issues enforcement and TLC driver complaints through the 311 system, and I use 'em.

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