Driver Ticketed for No Insurance Just Because Flock (YC 2017) Said She Didn't

https://www.techdirt.com/2026/09/28/driver-ticketed-for-no-insurance-despite-having-insurance-just-because-flock-said-she-didnt/

41•HotGarbage•57m ago

Comments

matroxmemories•15m ago

I find that hard to believe. I know several people that drive trucks and motorcycles with fake registration stickers from their other cars, and without insurance, and never been flagged by flock remotely or even alerting an office that’s behind them.

mhb•11m ago

You find this one example hard to believe because you have several sort of counterexamples? Weak.

schainks•10m ago

"I know people flouting the law in front of ALPRs, why aren't they getting caught?"

That still means these systems of humans working with machines are broken, does it not?

aetch•6m ago

Those aren’t counter examples, that shows that flock is useless

schainks•12m ago

This is infuriating.

A modern police department should actively discipline officers that are too lazy to run the necessary checks to prove the human's paperwork is legit, especially when they have a computer that can do it for them right in front of them!

Cities adding ALPRs should also be holding the ALPR company financially liable for _every single mistake_ these systems make.

wat10000•7m ago

There a frightening lack of accountability all the way up the chain. The officer doesn’t care because their bosses don’t hold them accountable. The chief doesn’t hold the bosses accountable for that. The local government doesn’t hold the chief accountable. And ultimately the voters don’t hold the local government accountable.

ViktorRay•5m ago

Here’s an interesting quote from Paul Graham about Flock. Paul Graham co-founded Y Combinator and created Hacker News. Since Flock was at a Y Combinator batch, Paul Graham provided valuable advice to them and makes money from them.

Quote in the link below:

https://x.com/paulg/status/1493719302725197825

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