NZTA speed cameras

[F5 Dave]

A fatal crash happened killing 2 people a couple of years back at Saltwater Creek. Driver crossed the centreline when handing a milkshake to a passenger.

And we still have an out of date law.

. . . Whataboutism again.

Look over there.

[jellywrestler]

Body cams come with their own challenges. Data management is the main one.

The footage needs to be stored regardless of evidential value, as you never know when something filmed might become relevant.

more excuses.

[SaferRides]

I watched a video on FB a day or two ago, where a bike rider on Danseys Pass Road (the sealed part in the north) came across a Moto Guzzi upside down in the grass. That rider declared that he was checking his GPS at the time. Given that he crashed on the RH side of the road, he was jolly fortunate no one was coming towards him.

Occasionally I am tempted to fit a cellphone holder to the bike, but I haven't given in yet. In fact, one of the things I enjoy about riding is not being distracted by the phone.

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[sugilite:Me]

The cameras that Acusensus use are capable of seatbelt, cellphone, speed, following distance and even impaired driving detection.

But we are so far behind the world in terms of implementation, it'll take decades for us to have the nouse to use that technology.

And we'll all sit on the interweb and moan about big brother watching.

I'm fine with all those offense types being monitored and enforced by the police.
Where my trust gets strained is when government departments like IRD have been nabbed selling our information. Robust rules need to be in place that this stuff is just used to enforce infringements - that's it.

What really gets my dander up is foreign owned systems like the Auror ANPR Network: A privately operated network that more and more provides police and other mystery groups with access to over 5,000 cameras, primarily in retail and commercial areas, for vehicle tracking and crime detection and just being fucking nosey. This has me seriously considering flip plates, not because I want to avoid tickets, and I've not had one of those for 9 years, but rather no bastard needs to know where I am 24 hours a day. I'm not a fan of people saying "well if you are not committing a crime, you have nothing to worry about". I say to these people "So you would not mind me checking your letterbox every day to make sure your mail is correctly addressed to you - because as long as it is, you should not have a problem with me doing that?".
Just because this surveillance system is largely out of sight, does not in any way mitigate the assault on our privacy - IMO.

As an aside, I would like to say I fully acknowledge you are no longer a police officer, and even when you were, you were not responsible for bad or controversial policy - maybe some others here may want to consider the same.
Cheers.

[R650R]

I'm fine with all those offense types being monitored and enforced by the police.
Where my trust gets strained is when government departments like IRD have been nabbed selling our information. Robust rules need to be in place that this stuff is just used to enforce infringements - that's it.

What really gets my dander up is foreign owned systems like the Auror ANPR Network: A privately operated network that more and more provides police and other mystery groups with access to over 5,000 cameras, primarily in retail and commercial areas, for vehicle tracking and crime detection and just being fucking nosey. This has me seriously considering flip plates, not because I want to avoid tickets, and I've not had one of those for 9 years, but rather no bastard needs to know where I am 24 hours a day. I'm not a fan of people saying "well if you are not committing a crime, you have nothing to worry about". I say to these people "So you would not mind me checking your letterbox every day to make sure your mail is correctly addressed to you - because as long as it is, you should not have a problem with me doing that?".
Just because this surveillance system is largely out of sight, does not in any way mitigate the assault on our privacy - IMO.

As an aside, I would like to say I fully acknowledge you are no longer a police officer, and even when you were, you were not responsible for bad or controversial policy - maybe some others here may want to consider the same.
Cheers.

Unless you don’t own a modern smartphone it’s too late already. Google has your various IP addresses and knows who you are and where you are pinging off cell networks and wifi routers.And then there’s your employers data servers depending on where they are hosted.
And with the advent of AI the system prob knows better than you what you will do tomorrow…
An ex worked in a govt dept and they had systems in place that detected people accessing information not relevant to their job. And that was before technology advances we have now, it’s not something to lose any sleep over.

[sugilite:Me]

Unless you don’t own a modern smartphone it’s too late already. Google has your various IP addresses and knows who you are and where you are pinging off cell networks and wifi routers.And then there’s your employers data servers depending on where they are hosted.
And with the advent of AI the system prob knows better than you what you will do tomorrow…
An ex worked in a govt dept and they had systems in place that detected people accessing information not relevant to their job. And that was before technology advances we have now, it’s not something to lose any sleep over.

Naturally, yes you are correct, but for me at least, there is one big difference. I've known about cell phones tracking you for many, many years. So Every time I turn it on, I know I'm basically "opting in" to being tracked and this is one of the "costs" of using the tech. So it is still my choice. What is not my choice is these overseas and NZ based fuckers tracking me through this Aurora (and other) surveillance systems. I do not get the choice of opting in, yet alone out. That is what grinds my gears. They should have no rights to track me without my implicit consent. And this and the previous governments that let this situation to come to be, are the same clowns that want us to trust them with our personal information and not fuck us over with it in ways it should of never been used in the first place.