AI cameras are being set up to catch drivers throwing trash out of their cars

I used to be wary of the growing surveillance state. But as I get older I see that the moral fabric of our society has decayed to the point you can’t expect people to behave decently. Dog shit left on the side walk, trash left on bus seats, revving stupid cars at 3AM, selfish ignorant behaviour abounds. I welcome absolute policing of these behaviours until people stop acting like animals.

I hope they catch the pickup truck drivers who use their truck bed as a trash bin and then let the trash fly out randomly while they're driving (who could have known that would happen, right?). Probably not a problem in the UK but it drives me crazy how often I see it in the US.

I hate literring so much. Would be supportive of anything to curb it, up to and including Judge Dredd.

This is the sort of automated surveillance/enforcement I can get behind. Civil liberties are reserved for people who behave civilly.

what's the saying? "the average person commits three felonies per day without even knowing it"? So while I despise litterbugs this won't stop at people tossing trash out the window.