# Can we use technology to end traffic stops?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-we-use-technology-to-end-traffic-stops/726395>\
**Category:** Great Debates\
**Created:** [July 28, 2015, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-we-use-technology-to-end-traffic-stops/726395 "2015-07-28T14:31:36Z")\
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**Post date:** [July 31, 2015, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-we-use-technology-to-end-traffic-stops/726395/61 "2015-07-31T21:20:50Z")

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> [@pkbites](#):
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> If you don’t why did you use a cite inferring that you think it is?

The cite doesn’t infer that. Regardless, I didn’t say that so your statement was (unsurprisingly) incorrect.

> [@Isn't it ALWAYS foolish to run from the police?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/isnt-it-always-foolish-to-run-from-the-police/726601/51):
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> The fact remains there is not an epidemic of unjustified use of police force.

Says you. And you are pretty much always wrong as evidenced by this thread.

> [@Isn't it ALWAYS foolish to run from the police?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/isnt-it-always-foolish-to-run-from-the-police/726601/51):
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> Officers who use unjustified force are dealt with, and the very idea that cops don’t pull people over for minor infractions is laughable at best, and dangerous to public safety if implemented. The OP is trying to present a problem that doesn’t really exist.

That sad part is that your blindness is likely willful. How many examples of being pulled over for minor or no infractions do you need? The Bland case illustrates that perfectly. That is one of many cases.

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