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Legislation to Limit the Use of License Plate Readers Advances

Feb

2024

Legislation to Limit the Use of License Plate Readers Advances

A bill to limit and expand law enforcement's use of license plate readers passed out of a Virginia House subcommittee, sparking questions during a debate about the age-old dance between government overreach and public safety.

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Proposed Law Would Ban Automated Speed Cameras in Iowa

Feb

2024

Speed Cameras

Proposed Law Would Ban Automated Speed Cameras in Iowa

The new bill moving forward in the House would do two things, including banning handheld use of a cell phone while driving, and ban automated traffic cameras used to enforce traffic laws.

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"It's Wild," Says Driver Hit With Mystery Parking Fines -- They Were Registered to His Car, Then He Saw Shock Online Ad

Jan

2024

License Plates

"It's Wild," Says Driver Hit With Mystery Parking Fines -- They Were Registered to His Car, Then He Saw Shock Online Ad

Since August, the driver has gotten at least four parking fines associated with a personalized car plate he's had for the past 10 years. But it wasn't until the driver, Omar Ahmad of Ontario, was sent a Facebook Marketplace listing by his brother that he finally understood why.

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

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.

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Urgent Driver Warning as "Fake Parking Tickets" Explode

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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