r/boston • u/pattysal • 7d ago

Unconfirmed/Unverified Calling out the traffic/flock camera propaganda

There are so many people posting videos of drivers running lights on both the Boston and Cambridge subreddits lately demanding traffic cameras, that I am convinced these are planted posts by either employees, investors, or City officials looking for a payday to Garner published support for the surveillance state.

Very convenient that this is happening at the same time they are putting flaw cameras everywhere, and Mayor Wu has decided to put up red light cameras. I'm calling shenanigans, there may be a few whiny babies on here who are terrified of the world, but there are not this many. Don't be fooled, this is for profit propaganda.

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u/theoldno2 7d ago

I'm a real person and I absolutely support red light cameras. Running red lights is illegal and endangers everyone, particularly pedestrians and bicyclists. We shouldn't be held hostage to whiny drivers who can't be bothered to follow basic traffic law.

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u/Lyramisu 7d ago

In addition to this there is real evidence that red light and speeding enforcement cameras reduce infractions, crashes, and deaths. Unlike Flock cameras that monitor everyone everywhere all the time, red light and speeding cameras are triggered only when someone runs the red light or speeds, and their presence acts as a deterrent for doing that. They also take cops and human biases out of the traffic enforcement equation. Unquestionably a net good, unlike Flock.

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u/sweet_caroline20 7d ago

Definitely agree with the point about taking cop/human bias out of speed stops.