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Is Facial Recognition a Useful Public Safety Tool or Something Sinister?

29

Jan

2024

Facial Recognition

Is Facial Recognition a Useful Public Safety Tool or Something Sinister?

The United States is cobbling together what Hill calls a "rickety surveillance state" built on this and other surveillance technologies. "We have only the rickety scaffolding of the Panopticon; it is not yet fully constructed," she observes. "We still have time to decide whether or not we actually want to build it.

Urgent Driver Warning as "Fake Parking Tickets" Explode

28

Jan

2024

Scams

Urgent Driver Warning as "Fake Parking Tickets" Explode

The Boro Park neighborhood in Brooklyn, New York has a scammer doling out fake and convincing parking tickets on vehicles, and people are scanning QR codes that lead to a fake website.

Driver Warning as Fines Set to Soar to Up to $290 for Common Offense on Road

28

Jan

2024

Speed Cameras

Driver Warning as Fines Set to Soar to Up to $290 for Common Offense on Road

If the legislation is approved, it would also allow police to fine drivers immediately instead of waiting for the 30-day warning period to end when installing work zone speeding cameras.

Expect More License Plate Scofflaws Once NYC Congestion Pricing Tax Kicks In

27

Jan

2024

Congestion Pricing

Expect More License Plate Scofflaws Once NYC Congestion Pricing Tax Kicks In

People are always going to try and find a way around the system. They're going to jump turnstiles. They're going to get on the bus without paying. They're going to dodge tolls.

Fossella Likens NYC Congestion Pricing to Fresh Kills Landfill; Announces Latest Court Filing

27

Jan

2024

Congestion Pricing

Fossella Likens NYC Congestion Pricing to Fresh Kills Landfill; Announces Latest Court Filing

Borough President Vito Fossella announced Friday an updated complaint in his federal court case against New York's congestion pricing plan -- likening it to one of Staten Island’s greatest environmental disasters.

I-Team: Mayor Can't Prove Speed Cam Tickets Are Slowing Drivers

26

Jan

2024

Speed Cameras

I-Team: Mayor Can't Prove Speed Cam Tickets Are Slowing Drivers

The Fox 8 I-Team just investigated to find out if I-77 speed camera tickets are making a difference in slowing down drivers, or, just making it easier for one town to collect big money.

Bill Banning Photo Radar Enforcement in Arizona Advances in the Legislature

26

Jan

2024

Red Light Cameras

Bill Banning Photo Radar Enforcement in Arizona Advances in the Legislature

A bill to ban photo radar enforcement in the state advances at the Arizona Capitol.

Lawmakers Grill MTA Over Ability to Handle Additional Tolling Responsibilities

25

Jan

2024

NYC

Lawmakers Grill MTA Over Ability to Handle Additional Tolling Responsibilities

Lawmakers, already skeptical of how the MTA operates cashless tolling on the seven bridges and two tunnels, want to know if the authority can handle congestion pricing

Criminal Charges for NY Toll Cheaters: Letters to the Editor

25

Jan

2024

Congestion Pricing

Criminal Charges for NY Toll Cheaters: Letters to the Editor

This is draconian. Especially so for a program that is supposedly being enacted to make up for the almost $1 billion annual MTA shortfall -- which itself is due to massive farebeating on the subway system.

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