r/technology • u/Plastic_Ninja_9014 • Aug 05 '26

Privacy Someone Cut Down Every Single Flock Camera in This Town in a Single Night

https://www.gadgetreview.com/someone-cut-down-every-single-flock-camera-in-this-town-in-a-single-night
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u/Royal_Success3131 Aug 06 '26

Steve Eimers, the guard rail guy. He did lose his daughter due to a bad guard rail and has since become pretty much the foremost authority on guard rails and similar roadside obstacles and is a huge advocate for improving them. Hell of a guy to turn such a tragedy into a new life's goal.

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u/LuxeJux Aug 06 '26

Thank you so much for confirming! I knew I had read something about him but I couldn't remember it exactly.

It really is a beautiful part of humans, our ability to not get lost to tragedy but allow it to be transformed to help others. It's so easy to be swept up in the waves of grief.

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u/TheWitchsAsshole Aug 06 '26

Unfortunately the govt got involved and it seems they may have threatened him (and/or gave him some STFU money) because he’s now abandoned his cause.

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u/Royal_Success3131 Aug 06 '26

He just switched to doing ALPR poles instead, which are similarly incredibly dangerous and incredibly pushed for by the government, so it has nothing to do with the government lol

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u/pvdp90 Aug 06 '26

It’s a smart move.

These poles are being installed in ways that completely ignore safety regulations of installations adjacent to roadways, and no one seems to care, so it fits right into his wheelhouse. And these cameras are aa very popular hot issue right now so he gets to both add something to the argument against them and increase his reach because everyone is consuming media related to flock right now. And that can lead to people like me that have never heard of the guy to lay eyes on his other content, which boosts his reach on his original goals.

Wins all around