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Comment by seanmcdirmid

1 day ago

In many places outside the USA they just use cameras for box blocking, stop sign rolling, speeding...and there is a system for honking also. But many in the states think automation here is too Orwellian.

They do that in NY too. The worst offenders inevitably have fake/defaced/covered/no license plates. That should be cracked down on very hard but the police and prosecutors are strangely reluctant.

We have all of those things in the states too. Just not ubiquitous.

  • We don't have much of it, not compared to Europe or Australia. This is a solved problem, but we don't want to solve it.

A sound solution in general, but the majority of police and firefighters and government employees with a connection to law enforcement cover their license plates with magnetic 'leaves' and so on. It's an undocumented perk for government employees.