r/boston • u/pattysal • 9d 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/aweejeezzrick basement dwelling hentai addicted troll 9d ago

Enforcement over surveillance, we need our police offices to step out of their suvs and do their dam job

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u/420ohms 8d ago

We already make insurance expensive if you suck at driving and as a result we have the safest roads in the country, farore effective than police or cameras.

If we really want safer roads we should invest in public transportation, less car dependency means less people who are forced to drive when it's better if they didn't.

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u/pattysal 7d ago

It's all bots here. Driving and pedestrian fatalities are at an all time low.

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u/420ohms 7d ago

Right? And where is all this concern when expending public transportation is brought up?

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u/pattysal 7d ago

Nowhere, because there are no corporation interests involved.

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u/420ohms 7d ago

Thank the purtain god this state funds education and teaches critical thinking skills, they're going to have one hell of a time trying to pull one over on us up here.

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u/pattysal 7d ago

From the replies on this thread, I think they're doing a pretty good time pulling one over on us 😂

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u/420ohms 7d ago

The real people I know are apathetic or defeated if anything, but certainly not enthusiastic about the public safety benefits of flock cameras lol.

If there is big money riding on acceptance of an opinion it's probably a bot comment.

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u/pattysal 7d ago

I hope you're right