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Your Garbage Truck Is About to Start Spying on You. Your Car Already Did, and Got Fined for It. (www.yahoo.com)
submitted 1 day ago by NM_Gringo@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world
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This is getting out of hand.

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[–] MangoCats@feddit.it 4 points 21 hours ago (3 children)

Norway does a lot of sensible things that seem impossible in the USA.

[–] blitzen@lemmy.ca 6 points 20 hours ago

You’re not suggesting the automated mailing of speeding tickets based on average speed is reasonable, are you?

[–] P1nkman@lemmy.world 4 points 19 hours ago

I'm Norwegian. Read in the news that there was a guy who used to set a timer and count the seconds when driving through a tunnel with average speed cameras so he wouldn't get fined.

Just keep the speed limit, you'd get there at the same time. Sometimes i wonder how these people even survive.

[–] MellowBright@lemmy.ml 3 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

I know that Colorado does this as well. Probably other states in the USA do too. https://www.codot.gov/programs/speedenforcement

[–] MangoCats@feddit.it 2 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

If it's clearly posted, that's fine - and appropriate in certain mountain pass situations.

If it's a surprise when the fine arrives in the mail, that's pure unadulterated evil.

[–] alternategait@lemmy.world 2 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

I’m fairly neutral on this, can you explain why it’s evil?

[–] MangoCats@feddit.it 1 points 1 hour ago

Pop up fines - impediment to free travel - arbitrary tax collection. I mean, if you want to go back to Roman times where any government officials you happen to meet can just grab you by the shoulder and "collect taxes for the emperor" because you happen to be within reach - you can call that "not evil" if you like. I call it regression of civilization.