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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Traffic cameras are racist as hell.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2021/08/06/dc-traffic-parking-tickets-black-neighborhoods/

https://www.propublica.org/article/chicagos-race-neutral-traffic-cameras-ticket-black-and-latino-drivers-the-most[/quote]

"Advocates for changing the District’s system of fees and fines say the disparities show that the city’s ticketing and traffic enforcement policies not only target Black drivers but criminalize poverty. When a person in the District cannot pay their infractions, the amounts double. The city can then put a hold on license and vehicle renewals and registrations before calling on debt collection agencies that tack on additional surcharges to capture overdue fines. The result over time becomes a financial and bureaucratic black hole where people like Scott lose their vehicles and jobs, making it that much more difficult to crawl out of debt."[/quote]

A lot of cities have gotten rid of cameras because black drivers are, like, five times more likely to be hit than white drivers. [/quote]

It is not true that a lot of cities have gotten rid of cameras for this reason.

Black people are disproportionately likely to be seriously injured or killed in traffic crashes.[/quote]

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