Because Flock data is used to prosecute the right kind of people. Automatic traffic enforcement doesn't allow any discretion, so elite folks lobby hard against it.
> Automatic traffic enforcement doesn't allow any discretion
Only if you place cameras uniformly. What you need to do to not rock the boat is exclusively place the cameras in "high crime areas", and you get a twofer: rich lawbreakers stay with off the radar, and you get a perpetual-motion machine for crime statistics.
Only if you place cameras uniformly. What you need to do to not rock the boat is exclusively place the cameras in "high crime areas", and you get a twofer: rich lawbreakers stay with off the radar, and you get a perpetual-motion machine for crime statistics.