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What is the debate?

From what I understand they are still active in some areas but not enforceable. Leon Valley in SATX still uses them, Balcones Heights does too but the mailed citations are as legit as a middle school hall monitor write up.

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My understanding of the 2019 ban is that it  allowed contracts to complete so municipalities wouldn’t get sued, and the last contract in the state ran out last year sometime.

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9 hours ago, F250 said:

What is the debate?

From what I understand they are still active in some areas but not enforceable. Leon Valley in SATX still uses them, Balcones Heights does too but the mailed citations are as legit as a middle school hall monitor write up.

Yeah. I received a letter either last year or maybe it was in 23 for allegedly failing to come to a complete stop making a right turn in Humble. I just ignored it because it was unenforceable. But I do wonder how many people still paid those after they no longer had to?

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Tangentially related, but a lot of cities are installing Flock cameras, which are for “surveillance” (not red lights per se) - but are able to read license plates and connect that data to a database cities can use to track people‘s movements. They are facing multiple lawsuits in several states.

https://www.keranews.org/government/2025-02-07/cutting-edge-and-controversial-surveillance-cameras-installed-in-southwest-dallas

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15 minutes ago, sasquatch69 said:

Tangentially related, but a lot of cities are installing Flock cameras, which are for “surveillance” (not red lights per se) - but are able to read license plates and connect that data to a database cities can use to track people‘s movements. They are facing multiple lawsuits in several states.

https://www.keranews.org/government/2025-02-07/cutting-edge-and-controversial-surveillance-cameras-installed-in-southwest-dallas

Most TxDOT traffic signal locations already have CCTV. They're just used for live video feeds but I'm sure they could be used to record and analyze.

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Trust me, when Roanoke shut off the cameras on 114 it was the last day they were legal.

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1 hour ago, sasquatch69 said:

Tangentially related, but a lot of cities are installing Flock cameras, which are for “surveillance” (not red lights per se) - but are able to read license plates and connect that data to a database cities can use to track people‘s movements. They are facing multiple lawsuits in several states.

https://www.keranews.org/government/2025-02-07/cutting-edge-and-controversial-surveillance-cameras-installed-in-southwest-dallas

There isn't an expectation of privacy on a city street. A cop could be on every street corner writing down license plate numbers as they drive by. I would like to know how the data is used. It wouldn't take much processing power to analyze this in real time and build a database of where a vehicle is and has been. 

Courts would be interested in understanding where the cameras are distributed across the city.

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Ha, this is cute. 

If I get a chance I'll post my Waze screen while driving through NYC.  There's a camera every 100 yards.  Philly isn't quite as bad, but they are in use.  

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57 minutes ago, Bullneck said:

Philly isn't quite as bad, but they are in use.  

Philly was the first place I saw using plate readers. Their Parking Cops don't f around.

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Just saw someone get popped on the way to work here in Denver this AM.

They also use these mobile speed cameras, but that's more like a parking ticket.

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3 hours ago, sasquatch69 said:

Tangentially related, but a lot of cities are installing Flock cameras, which are for “surveillance” (not red lights per se) - but are able to read license plates and connect that data to a database cities can use to track people‘s movements. They are facing multiple lawsuits in several states.

https://www.keranews.org/government/2025-02-07/cutting-edge-and-controversial-surveillance-cameras-installed-in-southwest-dallas

We have them in our city, it’s helped catch a few buglers. 

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1 hour ago, RPM said:

Philly was the first place I saw using plate readers. Their Parking Cops don't f around.

Truth.  Nothing in this world is patrolled as strictly as Philly parking.



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