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Champoloo [he/him]@hexbear.net to news@hexbear.netEnglish · 24 hours ago

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

www.nbcnews.com

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

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Champoloo [he/him]@hexbear.net to news@hexbear.netEnglish · 24 hours ago
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The state said it was ordering cameras removed from the right-of-way of state highways “to preserve Floridians’ sovereignty and quality of life.”
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  • PurrLure [she/her]@hexbear.net
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    Wildly ineffective for the vast majority of cameras in FL, and I’m pretty sure even this is only being done because elections are coming up. They’ll quietly add a different brand back to the highways when they think no one is paying attention.

  • EmmaGoldman [she/her, comrade/them]@hexbear.net
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    These things violate the Sixth Amendment, just like speed cameras and red light cameras.

    Cut em all down.

  • tactical_trans_karen [she/her, comrade/them]@hexbear.net
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    Unrelated note, a battery powered circular saw with a low tooth count carbide blade is the fastest way to chop through a large diameter metal pole. Diablo blades are regarded as the toughest and fastest cutting blades, they can last through a LOT of metal poles or pipes, but they come at premium.

    • D61 [any]@hexbear.net
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      I hear good things about Diablo.

    • Johnny_Arson [she/her]@hexbear.net
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      Hey I saw that YouTube video lol

      • tactical_trans_karen [she/her, comrade/them]@hexbear.net
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        Knowing how to use power tools it’s an important skill!!

        • Johnny_Arson [she/her]@hexbear.net
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          I was kinda surprised that the circular saw (aka skilsaw) was the most effective. I would have thought a specialized angle grinder to be the most effective but it makes sense that something with a larger blade and more torque with the right blade would be best.

          • EmmaGoldman [she/her, comrade/them]@hexbear.net
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            Angle grinder abrasive cutting wheels are mostly only better for cutting through hardened lock hasps where the teeth of a circular saw blade would chatter and bounce off.

          • tactical_trans_karen [she/her, comrade/them]@hexbear.net
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            Yeah, the angle grinder is for what the name suggests, not chopping. Circular saws have 1/8 wide flat faced carbide teeth that work like little chisels with each pass.

  • miz [any, any]@hexbear.net
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    so the cameras will instead be just after the off ramps and just before the on ramps?

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      Yes, and as someone else noted, the overwhelming majority of them aren’t on public highways

      So this is just for show

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    Monday’s order did not affect cameras on private property or on local rights-of-way — where 98% of the surveillance cameras are located, DeSantis said — but some localities in Florida said they were following suit.

    Lol, lmao.

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    The funny thing about libertarians is that they are occasionally accidentally right for the wrong reasons

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      Broken clocks and all that.

  • JoeByeThen [he/him, they/them]@hexbear.net
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    I want to believe, but I’m guessing that any removals are gonna be put off until after November and then it will all quietly be reinstated.

    • theperfidiousOrbweaver [she/her, comrade/them]@hexbear.net
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      Is Flock a brand? If so they will just move on to the next brand.

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        Yeah but it was a whole thing against license plate readers in general. The thing nobody talks about is there are cameras everywhere in Florida anyway, from other programs. They’re just not LPRs.

        https://fl511.com/cctv?start=0&length=10&order[i]=1&order[dir]=asc

        And then some.

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    heartbreaking

  • ComradeSharkfucker@lemmy.ml
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    Rare florida W

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      is mercury in retrograde? unbelievable grain

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    Florida’s first W (not that DeSantis wasn’t shedding tears as he was signing the bill.)

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