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Re:Did your car witness a crime? Bay Area police may be comi... by morkalork on Saturday August 31, 2024 @02:40PM (#41410862)
Where I live, speeding and red light cameras can only issue fines to the plate holder and don't affect the demerit points of the driver because they don't have evidence of who was driving the vehicle. I imagine it would go the same way with insurance. Unless a cop pulls the person over and gets their ID, tough luck.
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Re:Did your car witness a crime? Bay Area police may be comi... by lalaithion on Saturday August 31, 2024 @02:56PM (#41410985)
The comment you’re responding to is postulating enforcement via higher insurance costs. If insurance gets ~20 reports of someone running a red light, maybe they’ll double the cost to insure that person.
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Re:Did your car witness a crime? Bay Area police may be comi... by morkalork on Saturday August 31, 2024 @03:23PM (#41411211)
But that's the catch, using ML to scan a plate doesn't confirm who was driving.
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Re:Did your car witness a crime? Bay Area police may be comi... by baby_souffle on Saturday August 31, 2024 @03:40PM (#41411365)
Nor does it actually confirm that the plate _matches_ the car.

Otherwise i'd spend some time 3d printing something that looks a LOT like my neighbors license plate and wait until 1 AM and just blow the same red light over and over and over.

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Re:Did your car witness a crime? Bay Area police may be comi... by whaleofatw2022 on Saturday August 31, 2024 @07:35PM (#41412881)
Idk about your state, but many have a 'swizzle' vertical or two that I'm pretty sure is to assist readers and detect fakes...
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Re:Did your car witness a crime? Bay Area police may be comi... by hermannj314 on Saturday August 31, 2024 @03:53PM (#41411464)
For insurance underwriting, would it need to? "People whose household receive X anonymous tips" is a cohort that either does or does not have more insurable risk, and if it does correlate then you can make an attempt to adjust premiums accordingly.
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Re:Did your car witness a crime? Bay Area police may be comi... by SoftTalker on Saturday August 31, 2024 @04:14PM (#41411617)
The driver doesn’t matter when it comes to insurance. It’s the owner of the car who holds the policy.
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Re:Did your car witness a crime? Bay Area police may be comi... by bobbylarrybobby on Saturday August 31, 2024 @04:54PM (#41411875)
It doesn't matter, right? It's the vehicle that is insured
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