Really? It's well established? Because it doesn't seem like it.

A five second Google search shows major opposition across the country to anything from a basic speed camera to something as advanced as facial recognition.

> a legal precedent that's been well established.

Heh, hopefully you're nobody's lawyer. And maybe this issue isn't as black and white as you want it to be.

The use of speed cameras in public has been banned in multiple jurisdictions across America. Let's not act like this is some obvious slam dunk. "Fucking lol".

>Maine, Mississippi, New Hampshire, New Jersey, South Carolina, Texas, West Virginia and Wisconsin prohibit speed cameras via state law.

Doesn't sound like you speak for everyone. Shit, it sounds like entire states would care to disagree with you.

I never equated getting your car searched due to a broken tail light as "public safety". That's ugly and just ridiculous.

And to imply that I'm simultaneously not in favor of police reform because I have serious concerns about how the recordings of daily life in the city could destroy the privacy of citizens is in and of itself the definition of a bad faith argument.

Basic city functions are now characteristic of a police state? Asking core city officials to do their job is advocating for a police state?

Seems we can't even agree on the basic of what constitutes a society anymore.

No surprise Philly's is in such bad shape these days.

I'd rather the cops do their job and arrest offenders, the DA prosecute and incarcerate, the mayor and city council give a shit about public safety and the electorate vote better leaders into office...

... than turn Philadelphia into a police state.

(Mandatory 4K? No thanks.)

Agreed. If you want 20% more for your product to pay for staff, just build it into the price. But they won’t because people would balk at their prices altogether.

They specifically put it in as auto-gratuity to guilt trip you and make it too awkward to cancel the order or say something.