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Flock surveillance cameras can pose a crash risk for drivers, US experts say

30 July 2026 at 13:00

Roadside safety advocates say some automated license plate readers may not meet highway safety standards

Flock Safety cameras have been pilloried for facilitating the AI-powered surveillance of private citizens and for targeting immigrants for years. But now safety advocates are also claiming that their physical location can pose potential roadside hazards.

At the bottom of a tree-lined hill on a narrow, two lane rural road in Greene county, Ohio, stands a black metal rod with a camera and solar panel attached at the top.

Advanced Recycling Hits a Rough Patch

NYT - Energy & Environment

By: Hiroko Tabuchi

10 July 2026 at 13:11

In the past weeks, two sites in the United States have halted operations.