Yep...
Posted on 09/21/2023 8:37:37 AM PDT by BenLurkin
The app, SafeStop, allows members of the public to video chat with Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department deputies before the in-person traffic stop, which the app developers said will “de-escalate traffic stops and transform police-motorist interactions.”
With traffic stops carrying potential life-and-death stakes, a pilot program using SafeStop intends to lower the temperature, allowing drivers and officers to communicate virtually before meeting face-to-face.
“When pulled over, users are provided with information and instructions on how to facilitate dialogue during their traffic stop and then can immediately make video contact with police officers while they are being stopped,” the company said in a news release. “By introducing video contact at this crucial point, police officers have the option to add another layer of identification before arriving to the vehicle. This new approach offers motorists the ability to take the lead on alerting police to their presence and creating transparency in the process.”
“For a limited time, we will pay a percentage of your ticket when you use our app,” SafeStop wrote on its website.
(Excerpt) Read more at ktla.com ...
“Just text me the ticket, OK? And I’ll Cash App you the fine.”
Just when you think the world has reached peak stupidity.
Officer, Hold on a second,let me finish my beer and hide my gun before I pull over...
Oh my God.
I can dig it.
Opens up a whole new field of opportunity for hackers. What could possibly go wrong?
“Just when you think the world has reached peak stupidity.”
This stupidity will be mandated and required.
And if you do not answer the phone in the car they perform a PIT maneuver on your car and total it.
And if you do answer, they write you for using a cell phone while driving.
No. I refuse to download an app which tracks me.
Not happening. Period.
I’ll take the old-fashioned traffic stop, thank you very much.
LOL, why would I want to give the police a video feed of the inside of my vehicle to possibly give them more evidence they can try to use against me?
Yep...
Soon they will “pull you over’ via text message, as they sit in their cubicle monitoring traffic video, where they can control the lights and traffic flow. Only in extreme cases will they sic the troopers, most likely robotic, to eliminate those who do not comply.
LOL, you are probably right.
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