Android Auto @lemm.ee Nemeski @lemm.ee 3 wk. ago

Latest Google Maps update on Android Auto makes it much easier to report police activity

9to5google.com Latest Google Maps update on Android Auto makes it much easier to report police activity

Through an update to Google Maps on Android Auto, it's significantly easier to report police activity than it used to be.

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Fuck the police
Does anyone else think it is kinda wrong to specifically warn of speed traps or ride checks? Dangerous and reckless drivers can intentionally avoid them and continue to risk harm to the public.

Edit: also, you may be breaking a law just reporting on the app/infotainment system due to distracted driving laws.
- Speed traps have been shown to cause more accidents than they prevent. They aren't about safety, they are about extracting money from people.
  
  As for DUI checkpoints I have no idea on what they do or don't do, but I do know that avoiding unnecessary police interaction is a good thing.
  
  The solution to reckless driving shouldn't be police checks, but the alternatives are politically unpopular (public transit, cycling infrastructure, narrowing roads, etc)
  
  Until those proper fixes are implemented in a city, I view speed traps as a net benefit tbh.
  
  You got a source for that speed trap claim? This is the first I've heard of it. Is it actually the speed trap causing the accidents or are drivers failing to slow down and move over when passing emergency vehicles (its the law in my area).
  
  I'm sure many drunk drivers agree they would rather not deal with the cops, is that really fair to the people they may harm? In my area recent soberity checks are dedicated to a group of children who were murdered by a drunk driver while the children were walking on a sidewalk.
- The only thing police do is make a given situation worse. The solution to reckless driving is alternative modes of transit, not increased surveillance.
  
  How do you plan on getting the drunk f350 driver from a town of 300 people onto a tram?
- Or, having lived in a southern state with its fair share of unjustified shootings of minorities by cops, I can warn people to follow the letter of the law to reduce the probability of that occurring during a traffic stop. It's not a black and white issue and requires context.
- Well there are dozens of us, dozens!
- Isn't it like kinda wrong to have a group of people who routinely violate your rights and even murder innocent people sometimes and get off scotch free?
  
  I hope as cars get more smart and and turn into data collection machine's people will make open source tools that automatically aggregate and report police location information live using the cars cameras and other sensors so we the people can get a live map of exact police locations minute to minute.
  
  Fuck the police.
  
  We can address the problems with policing without letting drunk drivers have free range of the road. Drunk drivers also murder innocent people.

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