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Re:New York is using cameras with microphones to ticket loud... by jakelazaroff on Wednesday February 16, 2022 @05:41PM (#30366841)
To be clear, what is the advantage of discretionary enforcement for traffic offenses? Letting certain people off with a warning even though they broke the law? Why is that a feature and not a bug?

Anyway, we do have a way to let humans make these decisions. You can go to court and challenge the ticket.

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Re:New York is using cameras with microphones to ticket loud... by throwaway0a5e on Wednesday February 16, 2022 @06:48PM (#30367508)
>Why is that a feature and not a bug?

Because the law and the punishments for breaking it do not reflect how socially acceptable breaking said law tastefully is.

It's easier to just randomly hand out small tickets a few people who are egregious and a few who are unlucky than it is to amass the political capital to find a more consistent solution.

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