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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Traffic cameras disproportionately hit black drivers[/quote]

How is this possible? Are they designed to only take a picture if the driver is black?[/quote]

There's been a million studies all showing black drivers are far more likely to be ticketed by cameras. Some cities have dropped cameras because of it.

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

+1[/quote]

Given that lower income BIPOC suffer disproportionately from traffic violence this really isn't the own that some people think it is. From the article:

[i]The irony is that some of the factors that contribute to ticketing disparities, such as wider streets and lack of sidewalks in low-income communities of color, also make those neighborhoods more dangerous for pedestrians, cyclists and even motorists. According to a 2017 city report, Black Chicagoans are killed in traffic crashes at twice the rate of white residents.[/i]

Article also fails to even explore if the disproportionality by zipcode is even related to population density.

DC's cameras overwhelming issue tickets to drivers from the suburbs which is where most of the cars on DC streets come from.

As is always the case if you want to avoid a traffic camera violation simply follow the law.[/quote]

It's not the own, and also people who make these comments offer zero solutions. Perhaps traffic design, but again, that alone does not address the fact that it's not always traffic design, but sometimes it's horrific driving and not holding people accountable. There must be some repercussion. If we don't want that to be a penalty payment due to equity differences in ability to pay, the simple solution is to force people to attend a traffic school or else lose their license if they don't go. If it's really egregious driving with multiple repeated offenses, etc. you are able to be arrested.[/quote]

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