Colorado grandma keeps getting pulled over due to database error

ticulatedspline

source didn't read their own flippn article Title >Colorado Grandma Keeps Getting Pulled Over Because Police Cameras Cannot Tell the Difference Between a Zero and the Letter O Article: > The error exists in the database. The camera reads her plate correctly, matches it to the incorrect entry, and flags her as a suspect every single time.

crooked-v

Flock delenda est, but why are any states even using both 0 and O in license plates in the first place?

turtleyacht

It's pretty hard to correct "that person does not live here" at the government level. Systems downstream pull it down and trust it completely. The bureaucratic suggestion was to submit a form with wrong values on purpose, so it would be flagged for manual workaround. Could not believe they would ask for someone to lie on a form.

jameskilton

Flock is pure cruelty. All justice, no mercy. It needs to go away.

freediddy

The story isn't Flock cameras, it's because the police entered the license plates incorrectly.

nabbed

My US-based car has an "O"-like character in my license plate number, and honestly I could not figure out whether it was the letter O or a zero (even after searching the state's DMV site for information on how to distinguish one from the other). The character is very square, so maybe that means it's the letter O. If the headline is more correct ("Because Police Cameras Cannot Tell the Difference Between a Zero and the Letter O") than the article content (which contradicts that claim), then I am alarmed. Otherwise, I am less alarmed.

BXLE_1-1-BitIs1

File a small claims court action for each traffic stop demanding the maximum SCC amount. You can claim against the PD, who can join Focus or other provider as defendant. Don't forget to ask the officer(s) making the stop for their badge number and name letting them know that you may need to subpoena them.