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Speed cameras showed no racial bias in ticketing, and reduced fatal crashes.

Police officers, on the other hand, disproportionately stop Black drivers.
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Police stop more Black drivers, while speed cameras issue unbiased tickets − new study from Chicago

‘Driving while Black’: Researchers found that Black drivers make up 70% of police traffic stops on roads where only half the drivers are Black.
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J$
J$
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I see a very obvious pivot to an AI pitch, aiming to establish parity (by adding racial bias to speed camera shot selection and footage evaluation, of course).
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SlightlyCyberpunk
SlightlyCyberpunk
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The trouble with speed cameras is they are typically 100% unaccountable. They write a ticket and you have to assume it was legal. If you ask for the actual evidence against you, you'll be told it's all proprietary trade secrets and you aren't allowed to know. Our laws are meant to be public, but these kinds of technologies totally obliterate that idea. The law becomes whatever some corporation decides to implement and we aren't allowed to see what that is.
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Bill Zaumen
Bill Zaumen
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Some years ago, there were similar complaints in San Jose, California. A more detailed analysis showed that individual police officers were issuing tickets fairly, but (in an effort to protect the public from crime) were spending more time patrolling high crime areas. Those areas also had a higher than average fraction of Latino residents, who got more tickets as a result.
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