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PeachesFromTulsa t1_j91v50a wrote

Reply to comment by sc00p401 in Letter to Mayor Smiley regarding street safety by Zealousideal-Bus5806

They have speed cameras but why not safety cameras? Should be an automatic ticket for something like that

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galeeb t1_j92woq2 wrote

THANK YOU. A friend recently got a ticket in Providence for a red light while going through with a funeral procession (had the funeral flag and all) and a human being actually personally signed off on it. It would be great if the money-hungry tactics were wed with a true commitment to improving safety instead of that nonsense.

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mhb t1_j941mow wrote

Because we should be trying to have fewer cameras watching everything.

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laughsgreen t1_j94m1lc wrote

Smiley publicly was a proponent of the new plate reading cameras in neighborhoods "just in case" that were specifically put in through a roundabout deal with the police for less than the $5k that would require a legislative vote.

pro. a. governmental. go-around. to. implement. data. harvesting. cop. cams.

dude won't care about your letters. we voted him in after he was publicly anti representative oversight.

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PeachesFromTulsa t1_j94w1re wrote

Not a fan of public surveillance but you are likely being surveilled more than you know, especially with the new plate readers implemented recently. If this technology is available and being used, I’d rather direct it towards people that are doing the most dangerous and idiotic things, like driving in a bike path. That and gunshot detection. If you can’t beat ‘em, join ‘em… right?

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RandomChurn t1_j95exbs wrote

>Not a fan of public surveillance

Nor me but I am so ready for traffic cams / robo tickets being issued every time some vacuous dick sails right through a four-way stop with a pedestrian halfway across in the crosswalk 😡

I walk my young high-energy dog a lot throughout the day and can't count the times we'd have been hit if I weren't hyper-vigilant

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