Karen hits the road

[George K]

Speedcam Anywhere

A new app will allow any member of the public to submit evidence of other drivers speeding to the police.

Using AI to estimate the speed of a passing car, Speedcam Anywhere, has been created by a team of AI scientists with backgrounds in Silicon Valley companies and top UK universities, reports the Guardian.

The hope is it will encourage police to take speeding more seriously while enabling residents, pedestrians and cyclists to document traffic crimes in their area.

Because nothing is safer than using your phone while you're driving.

“[We have] extended the sort of capabilities that dashcam systems have, so that you can automate the forensic video analysis that dashcams already do. So instead of a human looking at a video working out the offence, we’ve created software that automates the process,” Sam said.

Currently, the app cannot lead to drivers receiving speeding tickets, as the algorithm is yet to be vetted by the Home Office, meaning it is not legally a speed camera, although drivers could still be charged with ‘dangerous driving’ offences if their behaviour is deemed to be sufficiently negligent.

Sam says he hopes use of the app will alert police to speeding hotspots, encouraging them to take more action against dangerous driving.

Oh, good.

[LuFins Dad]

You had to live – did live, from habit that became instinct – in the assumption that every sound you made was overheard, and, except in darkness, every moment scrutinized.

[Copper]

idiots

[Catseye3]

@LuFins-Dad Yes.

[Catseye3]

@George-K "Currently, the app cannot lead to drivers receiving speeding tickets, as the algorithm is yet to be vetted by the Home Office."

Disappointing. Well, keep plugging at it; advanced virtue signallers like you are bound to succeed sooner or later.

I'm sure the police will jump for joy at having their response call load increased.

[Mik]

How many times have I ranted that I fear most a world where everyone is law abiding because there is no possibility to escape detection?

[Aqua Letifer]

@Mik said in Karen hits the road:

How many times have I ranted that I fear most a world where everyone is law abiding because there is no possibility to escape detection?

Fortunately, infrastructure limitations are always going to keep that at bay. How much, though, is fuzzy.

[Renauda]

There will always be speeders and so long as they do their speeding on main thoroughfares, freeways and highways and their speeding does not endanger others, I don’t give them much thought.

However I have little or no patience for the habitual speeders on narrow residential streets where there are parked cars on either side of the road or in school zones. Whenever practicable residents should note down license plates of speeders and notify the appropriate municipal authorities. So yes, I would say the app in question does have a useful role in traffic safety enforcement.

[jon-nyc]

@LuFins-Dad said in Karen hits the road:

You had to live – did live, from habit that became instinct – in the assumption that every sound you made was overheard, and, except in darkness, every moment scrutinized.

The perfection of power renders its exercise unnecessary.

• Michel Foucault

[Aqua Letifer]

@jon-nyc said in Karen hits the road:

@LuFins-Dad said in Karen hits the road:

You had to live – did live, from habit that became instinct – in the assumption that every sound you made was overheard, and, except in darkness, every moment scrutinized.

The perfection of power renders its exercise unnecessary.

• Michel Foucault

Foucault's an asshole.

• Anyone capable of making change for $20

[jon-nyc]

@Aqua-Letifer said in Karen hits the road:

@jon-nyc said in Karen hits the road:

@LuFins-Dad said in Karen hits the road:

You had to live – did live, from habit that became instinct – in the assumption that every sound you made was overheard, and, except in darkness, every moment scrutinized.

The perfection of power renders its exercise unnecessary.

• Michel Foucault

Foucault's an asshole.

• Anyone capable of making change for $20

Say what you will about pedophiles, at least they slow down in school zones.

[Aqua Letifer]

@jon-nyc said in Karen hits the road:

@Aqua-Letifer said in Karen hits the road:

@jon-nyc said in Karen hits the road:

@LuFins-Dad said in Karen hits the road:

You had to live – did live, from habit that became instinct – in the assumption that every sound you made was overheard, and, except in darkness, every moment scrutinized.

The perfection of power renders its exercise unnecessary.

• Michel Foucault

Foucault's an asshole.

• Anyone capable of making change for $20

Say what you will about pedophiles, at least they slow down in school zones.

Some of 'em are also church-goin' folk!