Flock surveillance cameras can pose a crash risk for drivers, US experts say
The city of Toledo approved a three-year $846,000 contract with Flock Group Inc in November 2025, $282,000 annually. Photograph: Sopa Images/LightRocket/Getty ImagesView image in fullscreenThe city of Toledo approved a three-year $846,000 contract with Flock Group Inc in November 2025, $282,000 annually. Following the death of his 17-year-old daughter after the vehicle in which she was traveling crashed into a roadside structure on Interstate 75 a decade ago, Eimers has toured the country to highlight the failure of various authorities to meet their own legal requirements.
- ▪The city of Toledo approved a three-year $846,000 contract with Flock Group Inc in November 2025, $282,000 annually.
- ▪Photograph: Sopa Images/LightRocket/Getty ImagesView image in fullscreenThe city of Toledo approved a three-year $846,000 contract with Flock Group Inc in November 2025, $282,000 annually.
- ▪Following the death of his 17-year-old daughter after the vehicle in which she was traveling crashed into a roadside structure on Interstate 75 a decade ago, Eimers has toured the country to highlight the failure of various authorities to m
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The city of Toledo approved a three-year $846,000 contract with Flock Group Inc in November 2025, $282,000 annually. Photograph: Sopa Images/LightRocket/Getty ImagesView image in fullscreenThe city of Toledo approved a three-year $846,000 contract with Flock Group Inc in November 2025, $282,000 annually. Photograph: Sopa Images/LightRocket/Getty ImagesOhioFlock surveillance cameras can pose a crash risk for drivers, US experts sayRoadside safety advocates say some automated license plate readers may not meet highway safety standardsStephen Starr in Beavercreek, OhioThu 30 Jul 2026 08.00 EDTLast modified on Thu 30 Jul 2026 08.02 EDTSharePrefer the Guardian on GoogleFlock Safety cameras have been pilloried for facilitating the AI-powered surveillance of private citizens and for targeting…
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