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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The proposed legislation unsurprisingly ignores on multiple levels the explicit representation made to gain support for guilt by machine without meaningful due process that camera tickets would not have points attached to them, would not impact insurance, etc.

In the slow-boiled frog legislative world this is hardly surprising but that doesn’t mean it isn’t outrageous. Under the current regime the ticket alone is prima facie evidence of guilt as long as the “inspection” form for the camera says it was in good working order. This presumes no maintenance person ever made a  mistake or (heaven forfend) simply lied on the form. Despite the obvious extortionate purpose of the program and the near complete lack of due process, it was upheld because each individual violation penalty is relatively modest, flagrantly ignoring the enormous amount of revenue DC uses its cameras to obtain. If this legislation passes that calculus may well change. [/quote]

The obvious purpose of the program is to deter dangerous driving. If you're a dangerous driver, you might view that as extortion.[/quote]

Guilt by machine has nothing to do with safety, as the frequent rear end collisions at camera monitored intersections demonstrates. Cameras are in high traffic areas, particularly ones used by commuters. Plenty of speeding, recklessness, red light and stop sign running lots of other places. [/quote]

I fully support having speed cameras, red light cameras, and stop sign cameras all over the place. Do you?

"Guilt by machine" is just another way of saying guilt. Stop driving dangerously, then you won't get any camera citations.[/quote]

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