2 comments

  • musicale 6 hours ago ago

    I dislike loud cars and motorcycles, but ALPR should be limited severely. Driving a car shouldn't automatically subject you to dragnet surveillance.

    Meanwhile emergency vehicle sirens are loud, obnoxious, and (in many cities) constant, with minimal benefit:

    > The use of emergency vehicles’ lights and siren does not save clinically significant amounts of time, and it is associated with an increase in ambulance crashes.

    https://www.usfa.fema.gov/blog/new-guidance-on-emergency-med...

  • hn_acker 10 hours ago ago

    The original title is:

    > More License Plate Reader Mission Creep: School Residency Verification, Background Checks, and Noise Complaints