An overview of the scenario Speeding is a dangerous problem. Adult humans are behind the wheel of a machine, a vehicle, that can harm or kill another being. (A being is one that can feel pain and pleasure (Quinn, 2013, pg. 76)). Because of the danger of these speeding vehicles on freeways, the East Dakota State Police (EDSP) has selected the current video recording technology devices as a tool to reduce speeders in their jurisdiction. The EDSP recording camera is sensitive enough to detect vehicles moving over a set speed limit. In this case, the EDSP are able to register speed exceeding five miles per hour. The cameras are technologically advanced enough to record the license plate number and a photo of the driver to match to state …show more content…
There is no evidence from the text’s scenario that permission or protection is in place for the people. The safety of people has been a primary benefit of the sophisticated camera and matching technology because it has caused lower speeds and increased awareness. The jurisdictions benefit in monies collected. The FBI used the technology to protect the people by locating terrorist. The EDSP could have used the traditional methods to prohibit speeding, but the problem has always been that there are not enough police officers to cover all the areas necessary. The cameras allow officers to do more important work. Another technology is that of a tracker or “black box” installed in cars which controversially point to the privacy issue again (Hill, 2012). Lastly, vehicles could be required to have governors. The problem with a “speed governor” might be the various speeds allowable in different jurisdictions (Patrick, 2012).” The FBI could have used traditional methods to locate terrorist as well, but the same as the police officer, there are not enough FBI agents to do all the potential work. We would all need a personal tracking device embedded at …show more content…
In this scenario, perhaps it is morally wrong to go over the speed limit more than five miles over the posted speed limit. There would be no exceptions; therefore, more babies may be born on the highway because the father could not speed to get the mother to the hospital. Infant mortality may increase because medical care is not obtainable on the freeway quickly enough because the ambulance cannot speed either. In this case, something good like getting the mother to the hospital to safely delivery the baby may actually be bad because the father was a speeder risking the lives of others or because of the risk of infant mortality. In the case of the text’s scenario, if the terrorist had not been speeding he would not have been captured especially without the camera proof. The Rule Utilitarian needs rules and guidelines that are agreed to and followed my all. All of the society would need to agree to go less than five miles over the speed limit to minimize the possibility of harm or death to their fellow man. Unless vehicle design included equipment to monitor or govern speed, this would be a huge burden on public officials or potentially cause conflict with people reporting each other. The Rule Utilitarian would not approve of the invasion of privacy caused by the cameras (harm), but would
Security cameras have been bought by the millions and are being put everywhere. The chances of walking down the street corner and not being videotaped are slim to none. Security cameras range for traffic cameras, car cameras, to business cameras. The use of security cameras has diminished crime solving time. If a convenient store gets robbed chances are there are at least 4 cameras all pointed in different directions. This makes police work a lot easier where now an officer can view the tape and get a good picture of their suspect. These cameras can be set up at traffic intersections as well to catch traffic violations, and in India that’s exactly what their doing. As India’s cities grow they require more safety features like road side cameras. The article ,Sony Network Cameras help Indore Police, describes the uses of these cameras. Sony has partnered with the Indore police in setting up red light cameras that watch for traffic violations. When the light turns red the camera sets up a virtual line and any vehicle that passes the line is flagged and a picture is taken of the license plate. The cameras also have multiple other uses such as monitoring parking lots and sidewalks. Many people do not like this new system though, and the thought of it is that an officer should be present when issuing a citation. This allows the driver to have a chance to explain themselves to the officer making traffic violations
The individuals with wide diversity have different requirements. They are facing many difficulties due to this management system. 2 Among them, the Red Light camera is one most controversial issue of the local and state governments. The controversy of the red light camera between local and state government was started from early 2000’s and is still continuing. Similarly, the committee of Texas voted 8 out of 22 approving a bill to ban the authorization of Red Light’s contract. Likewise, the major controversial topic in Austin and Dallas is about the Red light camera. In addition, the main purpose of keeping Red Light camera was to prevent the possible road accident. But the Red Light camera didn’t provide the strong witness in identifying the drivers. Therefore, the State government didn’t find it
What better way to make the streets a safer place than using our advancement in technology to do so? Now, we can watch over the people with security cameras instead of having certain police patrol all the time. “Long Beach Police to Use 400 Cameras Citywide to Fight Crime,” an article in Los Angeles Times, goes into great details about their use of surveillance cameras to provide safety to the people of Long Beach. An officer stated that they will only use the cameras when an incident occurs, and not watch people all the time. That is why privacy should not be an issue.
There is so much crime which occurs in our society today, which it is very difficult to put an end to it. But there is a thing which is common among these crimes which are the criminals. According to the article, "Police body Cams: Solution or scam? Nwanevu the author has stated many questions to which he gathers the responses from three panels who is Mariame Kaba a member of the Chicago antipolice violence organization, David Fleck a vice president and he is also a major manufacturer of the police body cameras, and Connor Boyack who is a president of Utah 's Liberates Institute. This article mentions the popular magazine such as Time magazine, this magazine reports that over a quarter of the country 's police departments are already testing or actively using cameras, including the NYPD and the LAPD (Nwanevu, 2015). Also the author Nwanevu states that The Obama administration has called for the federal funding to support the deployment of as many as 50,000 devices to state and local law enforcement agencies. The administration 's reasoning captures the perspective of most camera supporters. According to the status the usage by police officers will help sustain trust between law enforcement agencies and the communities they interact with (Nwanevu, 2015). Reformers have suggested that the video could have gone a long way towards resolving the ambiguities of the Michael Brown case where eyewitnesses had given conflicting stories and also the death of Eric Garner according to
Red-light-running camera enforcement is a relatively new technology. The cameras where implemented for use in the United States in the 1990s. The technology is available to help reduce a substantial problem that causes injuries and fatalities after a person enters a signalized intersection when displayed a red light in their traveled direction. The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) has defined the term "red-light-running" in Issue Brief 6 as "the act of entering, and proceeding through, a signalized intersection after the traffic signal has turned red." (Federal Highway Administration [FHWA], 2009 (6), p1) While the FHWA is a proponent of this technology, controversy has been driven by claims from opponents who cite privacy issues, maintenance concerns, and claims that the intervals for yellow/amber signals have been shortened for the sole purpose of generating funds for the states and municipalities that use the technology. Looking back at the history of the traffic signals, authorities that control them and some recent studies may allow for a better understanding of the cameras and their use today.
In the United States, in particular, policies such as this may be necessary to reduce police shootings and abuse of suspects. “In 2011, police killed six people in Australia, two in England, six in Germany and, according to an FBI count, 404 in the United States. And that FBI number counted only “justifiable homicides,” and was comprised of voluntarily submitted data from just 750 of 17,000 law enforcement agencies” (Stanley). The hope is that the implementation of these cameras reduces these numbers by a significant margin by providing reason for both the cops and the criminals to be more controlled. The use of cameras could also decrease the fear of police officers in routine crime stops if the citizen is aware that the officer’s actions are being recorded and
Even when Grey and Citron do make specific reference acts and programs that support law enforcement they do not make a distinction between the programs that support law enforcement situational awareness and programs that they describe as indiscriminate surveillance. For example, technology can be used by police forces to create to more efficient and effective without violating Forth Amendment rights. Police can plan their presence patrols for the best effect based on data gathered from cameras in high-density urban environments. Monitoring of traffic patterns and density allows both the police and other emergency vehicles to find the fastest routes to their desired location. While collection of this data could be interpreted as indiscriminate it, purpose is consistent with legitimate interests of law
In “Speed Safety Cameras Near Schools Make Sense”, Hope Reeves writes about the opposition against a bill to expand the number and scope of speed safety cameras in New York City school zones. Reeves claims that speed safety cameras are effective and “violations have dropped an average of 63 percent where speed safety cameras already exist.” The cameras are carefully calibrated and are not activated unless a vehicle is traveling more than 10 miles above the speed limit which eliminates the possibility of malfunctioning. Reeves believes that “adding more speed safety cameras in school zones would calm traffic citywide [and] train drivers to obey the law.” While motor vehicle crashes are the leading cause of injury-related death for children
Nearly every driver is aware that speeding is dangerous. They are taught this fact in their driver's education course before getting their license and have doubtless heard plenty of public safety messages stating this. Yet, they continue to speed and contribute to the yearly carnage of speeding related fatalities. Why do they do this? As it turns out, there is no one single reason. Here are six common reasons why people speed:
Each year numerous lives are lost due to careless and irrational driving. The disregard for safe driving has been a predicament to the United States of America for years. Many years Police have relied heavily on speed cameras, breathalyzer tests and heavy fines as a deterrent against unlawful drivers. Over the years fatality rates have increased, so the Department of Transportation and Highway Safety has composed a series of safe driving campaigns. On many occasions the Transportation Department informs and advises the public about the importance of responsible driving. They propagate safe driving through the various channels of the media and
In today’s world, Law Enforcement polices society twenty-four hours a day seven days a week. Society expects “… the police to serve their community and discharge their legal authority within the boundaries of the law” (Ross, 382). Who polices the very people society had entrusted with such legal power over them? In the world of technology there is a product that is moving to the forefront to answer this question. Body cameras, this technology if used will allow rarely seen interactions between police and society for good or bad on both sides. It is not a secret to the world that there are good police and there bad police patrolling society.
Technology has benefited developed countries in numerous amounts of ways. Most recently, body cameras has seen use in a few U.S. law enforcement agencies across the United States and has improved public relations for those police departments. However, many police officers and lawmakers question the cost and efficiency of such devices and whether the citizens should be placed under constant surveillance when near a law enforcement officer. Whether or not body-worn cameras should be required to be implemented into law enforcement agencies across America is debatable and the decision is dependent on the factors of public safety, cost efficiency, and whether body cameras will serve a practical use or not.
Drivers who are aware of the abusive cameras are constantly caught up trying to avoid getting an outrageous ticket; therefore, in attempt to avoid them, drivers are unexpectedly and furiously coming to abrupt stops. In result of the urgent and sudden stop of driver A (the first one to cross the intersection), braking quickly doesn’t give driver B neither enough time or physical room to move out of the way, consequently resulting in a rear-end collision, sometimes involving more than just two drivers. The driver’s panic to evade the ticket ends up caught up in the misfortunes of an even sadder circumstance. Leading reasons for this is thanks to the intentional decrease of yellow-light length times. Studies have shown that since the installment of the cameras there has been intentional scheming to cut the period of yellow light to catch as many victims as possible. It has been verified that increasing yellow-lights to at least one second more would decrease the number of accidents by over 45%. (Maass). An extra reason for which there is
Did you know that in two thousand fourteen there were five thousand nine hundred and thirty three speed related accidents in the state of Kansas of which eighty were fatal?
Possibly the technological feature creating the most controversy is surveillance cameras. What is seemingly there for public safety could also inhibit safety by exposing the public’s private life. Every move made under the hawk-like vision of the camera is observed and judged by someone sitting behind the scenes. Women risk being stalked by sexual predators, and assailants have been known to memorize the schedule of a subject in order to time the perfect attack (Stead). “Bad cops” may gain insight to a personal life that allows for the watcher to blackmail the victim. In recent studies it has been proven that an increase in surveillance cameras does not decrease the crime rate; it