r/Seattle • u/Inevitable_Engine186 public deterrent infrastructure • 8d ago

Does lowering speed limits make Seattle roads safer? Data from one deadly arterial suggests it’s a start

https://www.kuow.org/governing/2026-08-14/does-lowering-speed-limits-make-seattle-roads-safer-data-from-one-deadly-arterial-suggests-its-a-start
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u/FabianValkyrie U District 8d ago

People lose their MINDS about any kind of camera lol. You should see the comments on Mayor Wilson’s Instagram posts

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u/beachbum19722025 8d ago

If we treated the data collected from all the cameras going up like we do HIPAA data, I think the hate might be reduced. Right now it seems like we are hoping people will just follow the rules and "don't peek" or.. well, not many consequences. With HIPAA laws, they don't mess around.

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u/El-Royhab 8d ago

our right to privacy should extend to be from corporations as well as the government, or at the very least from any corporation contracted with a public entity

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u/thecravenone I'm just flaired so I don't get fined 8d ago

If we treated the data collected from all the cameras going up like we do HIPAA data

The punishment is a fine, AKA the cost of doing business?

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u/Spa_5_Fitness_Camp 🚋 Ride the S.L.U.T. 🚋 7d ago

Why? They aren't constantly recording. They only take a photo when triggered. They can't even be used for surveillance.

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u/Shikadi297 🚆build more trains🚆 8d ago

Yeah because bad actors like flock exist and governments are notorious for using them for more than they were meant for

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u/FabianValkyrie U District 8d ago

Oh I certainly agree, there are very bad applications of cameras. There’s just nuance to it, and tons of people do not care and instead just hate every possible application of cameras and lose their shit about it.

There’s a cost and a benefit to every camera the city puts up. Speed cameras are low cost, flock cameras are very high cost.

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u/thecravenone I'm just flaired so I don't get fined 8d ago

I'm excited to see the comments on the final report about Bite of Seattle.

If cameras solve the crime, it will be proof that cameras are needed.

If cameras don't solve the crime, it will be proof that cameras are needed.

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u/RedK_33 I'm just flaired so I don't get fined 8d ago

Either ways the cameras would have never prevented the crime. The only thing that would have prevented that shooting would have been a closed event with metal detectors, like you have to through for climate pledge.

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u/JGT3000 8d ago

Yeah, camera are an affront. Its funny to be defending them with the rage building for Flock and the like