"Ain’t no snitches riding with us

Ol mo the mouth n***as could holler the front" - Lil’ Wayne

  • SSTF@lemmy.world
    link
    fedilink
    arrow-up
    6
    ·
    edit-2
    4 months ago

    On its own to convict? Probably no. If the technology is hypothetically successful introduced and it pings to police, all they’d need to do is follow a route to the self-snitching vehicle and hit it with some of their own radar or lidar, then pull over the driver.

    • Gestrid
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      6
      ·
      edit-2
      4 months ago

      The vehicle doesn’t self-snitch. It snitches on other vehicles around it. It apparently uses cameras to do it. It’d only be able to tell cops where the vehicle was when the picture was taken, not where it is.

      • SSTF@lemmy.world
        link
        fedilink
        arrow-up
        5
        ·
        4 months ago

        That’s even less functional, and is to my thinking not even close to enough on its own to hand out tickets, as some people think this will be used for.

        • Gestrid
          link
          fedilink
          English
          arrow-up
          2
          ·
          edit-2
          4 months ago

          This was several years ago, so the law in my state may have changed, but I do remember reading that dashcam footage submitted by a civilian can’t be used by police to issue a ticket after the fact. It can be used as evidence for or against someone if the police do get involved, though.

          To put it another way, the officer has to witness the traffic offense themselves in order to issue a ticket. But dashcam footage could be used as evidence to prove someone either was or was not speeding after the ticket was already issued.

          • NιƙƙιDιɱҽʂ@lemmy.world
            link
            fedilink
            arrow-up
            4
            ·
            4 months ago

            The Confrontation Clause of the Sixth Amendment to the United States Constitution provides that “in all criminal prosecutions, the accused shall enjoy the right … to be confronted with the witnesses against him.”

            You have the constitution to thank! Same reason red light cameras were deemed unconstitutional in most places.

        • Gestrid
          link
          fedilink
          English
          arrow-up
          4
          ·
          edit-2
          4 months ago

          I admittedly only knew it wasn’t self-snitching because I read another comment from someone that had actually read the article.

          I did check to confirm before I actually commented myself, though.