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[Charger]

Don't think I'd be afraid to go over that one...in a nice weather that is.. with 30 foot waves...I'd probably give the passing a pass.

[Zzzptm]

There's another bridge like that in Michigan that will mist up on occasion. There are staff that drive the bridge back and forth to rescue drivers that can't cope with the experience of driving on a bridge that goes forever in the fog.

[Typhon]

Got to hand it to those Finns.  Nothing like being prepared.

https://www.helsinkitimes.fi/finland/finland-news/domestic/29232-finland-holds-europe-s-largest-civil-defence-drill-since-wwii.html

[Charger]

Oh surprised it made international news!

It has been big news item here.

[Typhon]

Flock camera identifies wrong vehicle in fatal crash.  Innocent woman jailed.  Investigators seemed too lazy and/or stupid to recognize they had the wrong party.

[Zzzptm]

^This is why we need prosecutors that want actual truth in justice, not a 100% conviction record, by hook or by crook. There are similar shames in other areas of forensics, as well. And just because the mistake is automated, that doesn't make it any better...

[Vyn]

^This is why we need prosecutors that want actual truth in justice, not a 100% conviction record, by hook or by crook. There are similar shames in other areas of forensics, as well. And just because the mistake is automated, that doesn't make it any better...

Indeed. Integrity is so hard to find, and even when it is found sometimes it gets twisted by external forces into some kind of self-righteous, ego-driven nonsense value that takes everything in its path, including the person it lives in, straight down the ol' poop evacuation hole.

The town I live in has recently held a few town hall type meetings about these Flock cameras. They aren't going to happen where I live, but "it's" coming. If not Flock, it's going to be something else.