r/news • u/polymute • 7h ago

Florida bans Flock cameras and other license plate readers from state highways

https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news/florida-bans-flock-license-plate-readers-state-highways-rcna595420
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u/aaronhayes26 6h ago

State highways are typically the main drag through small towns. I see state routes with 25 mph speed limits all the time.

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u/PM_ME_CHIPOTLE2 6h ago

“Duck and roll, kids! I’ll pop open the trunk so that your backpacks and dioramas end up somewhere near you.”

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u/jckipps 6h ago

'State highway' refers to far more than just restricted-access freeways (interstates).

Here in Virginia, these are typically two and four-lane roads that run from city to city, and predated the interstate system. They often have schools built right beside them, and speed traps are increasingly common in those school zones.

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u/F-86--Sabre 6h ago

oh hi another virginian.

yeah, our local high/middle school is directly off of a 55mph highway with the tiniest school zone you've ever seen.

everything here is almost immediately off of that highway as it includes the main road through town.

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u/BIG_HEAD_M0DE 1h ago

They often have schools built right beside them, and speed traps are increasingly common in those school zones.

Good. People should not exceed 20 mph near schools.

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u/jckipps 1h ago

That's my point. My original question was whether Florida's ALPR ban applies to speed cameras or not; since in my mind, those speed-traps are justified in certain situations.