Automated license plate readers (ALPRs) aren’t just helping police investigate crimes anymore. They’re now being used to flag drivers for supposedly “suspicious” driving patterns.

  • NarrativeBear@lemmy.world
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    1 day ago

    This one always gets me, walking home from the bar drunk (to avoid driving) can get you thrown in prison, or shot. At least in the US.

    Honestly a cop would give you less hassle if you drove home drunk.

    • shalafi@lemmy.world
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      3 hours ago

      The odds of anyone getting shot walking down the street are infinitesimal. Your odds of getting flattened by a car however…

    • schipelblorp@sh.itjust.works
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      8 hours ago

      There’s a video where a guy is just walking home from his shift and gets wellness checked by a passing trooper into being arrested.