How D.C. Is Sending Its Most Dangerous Drivers a Message

Re:How D.C. Is Sending Its Most Dangerous Drivers a Message by tricksforfree on Friday August 04, 2023 @08:14AM (#36998887)

Traffic cameras are easily beaten by tinted license plates. I see them often in NYC.

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Re:How D.C. Is Sending Its Most Dangerous Drivers a Message by rhaway84773 on Friday August 04, 2023 @10:13AM (#37000362)

Tinted licenses are much easier to ticket.

If the govt is actually interested this is an easy problem to solve.

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Re:How D.C. Is Sending Its Most Dangerous Drivers a Message by sixothree on Friday August 04, 2023 @10:38AM (#37000689)

They are illegal in most states. But police don’t seem to care.

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Re:How D.C. Is Sending Its Most Dangerous Drivers a Message by seanmcdirmid on Friday August 04, 2023 @03:25PM (#37004656)

Ya, right now its just an add on violation if they do pull you over, or they use it as a (very valid) excuse if they want to pull you over for something else.

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Re:How D.C. Is Sending Its Most Dangerous Drivers a Message by seanmcdirmid on Friday August 04, 2023 @03:24PM (#37004639)

Let's leave traffic enforcement to the cameras, much safer for the police, who can then spend much more effort going after license plate violations with gusto (and I'm serious about this). Just train the cameras to recognize cars with unrecognizable license plates, then transmit the data to the police in real time.

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Re:How D.C. Is Sending Its Most Dangerous Drivers a Message by janalsncm on Saturday August 05, 2023 @06:57PM (#37017053)

Safer for police and safer for people too. Cameras don’t kill people.

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