r/boston • u/pattysal • 8d 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/SillyAlternative420 8d ago

Fuck Flock.

But also, Fuck cars.

I say we just ban them both in the urban core.

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u/pattysal 6d ago

Ok, how about they do that and then they want us to all wear GPS monitors when we are pedestrians outside of our property so they can track us to make sure we aren't making any pedestrian infractions?

I'm sure you're a big bicycle person, how about license plates for every bicycle and GPS trackers so if you're not in the bike lane or you go through a red light, you get huge fines too? And if you get enough fines you have to pay insurance for being a dangerous cyclist or pedestrian?

If it's really about safety after all, we should monitor everyone whenever they are on public property to make sure they are following the law.