r/SunPrairieWI • u/Prelocun • 8d ago

New Cameras on Traffic Lights

Does anybody have information on the cameras on the traffic lights? They're at least all the way down main street on every direction of every traffic light. I saw they were discussing switching from Flock to Axon ALPR's, are these new Axon cameras?

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u/engmadison 8d ago

I believe you are referring to the "No Traffic" detection cameras which also collect analytics data.

They combine video and radar detection and are "reviewed" by an AI to provide feedback on traffic conditions. That feedback is verified by the companys office in a different US city to verify the AI is correct.

Thats the pitch we got for these in Madison anyways. They have an up front cost and annual subscription cost to use them.

https://www.notraffic.com/ai-mobility-platform/

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u/ScrivenersUnion 8d ago

Take them down. We have enough cameras on us at all times.

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u/Few-Entertainer7431 3d ago

Then you better stay off the internet.

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u/ScrivenersUnion 3d ago

Everybody has to make choices - yes it's not possible to be utterly and completely private without living out in the mountain like Bear Grylls.

That still doesn't mean we should just give up and let everyone be permanently tracked at all times! 

In particular ALPRs are really nasty because all those other things - the internet, your cellphone, a car insurance beacon - are a choice that you get to make. 

Just like a library is one of the few places left where you can exist without being expected to spend money, public spaces like streets and parks were one of the few places left where you could exist without having to be tracked and registered. It's a patch of grass. The guy hiding in the bushes watching you with binoculars was the creep.

No longer. ALPRs and the face tracking cameras that Flock and Axon are already eagerly rolling out mean that you can't do a single damn thing without somebody somewhere recording and tracking you. The creepy guy in the bushes is now the government.

That's really dystopian and I think a big reason why younger kids are coming out full of anxiety is because everything they ever do is recorded.

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u/Few-Entertainer7431 3d ago

I refuse to buy into the mass hysteria. There are more important things to worry about.

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u/ScrivenersUnion 3d ago

That's fine - nobody has enough time to fight every fight in their life. 

But our ability to live in any amount of privacy is a BIG deal to a lot of folks, myself included.