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Maybe a better middle ground is that other people can record and report you instead of being forced to report yourself. This way, people can freely drive how they want so long as they are respectful of others around them.



> better middle ground is that other people can record and report you instead of being forced to report yourself

That’s what this is. The patent is about reporting other cars. The title is clickbait.


Do you want to live an a semi-automated panopticon of your peers? I really don’t!


> Do you want to live an a semi-automated panopticon of your peers?

Within the context of speeding and the driver having control over when the report is sent in, I think the safety gains are worth the trade-off.


If it’s manually reviewed, then that sounds much more palatable. Basically a dash cam with a submit the cops button, sure. Automation of this is very dystopian however.


The safety gains for minor speeding are very small, and if it's under driver control then it will very often be targeted maliciously.




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