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Someone that i know was caught in a traffic enforcement push. There were 8-10 motorcycle officers operating in speed limit enforcement. The person reporting the incident said that it took more time to pull over than for the actual citation. The officer used a "phone" to take a picture of 1) the license plate on the car, 2) the driver's license and 3) the driver's face. The person reported that latter happened so quickly that the officer had walked back to his motorcycle before they realized what just happened.

Given the privacy concerns behind facial recognition, this situation seemed at least curious to me.. What happens with the picture? i get it that some people might go to court and claim that it wasn't they driving the vehicle and a picture removes any doubt. But being able to associate a face with a name for a minor traffic infringement would appear to carry at least the potential for far reaching consequences.

This was in Grapevine. My editorial opinion is that the town has had a history of pushing situations over LTC beyond acceptable limits in the past and this one could be the latest in that type of governmental deviation from at least the spirit and intent of Texas laws.

Thoughts?

Apparently, this is not new
https://www.dallasnews.com/news/public- ... pull-over/

The article makes a good point. If you have a picture of the driver's license with a Real ID, what is the point of the extra photo? I server as an election Judge in Denton County and we visually check that the voter's appearance matches the usually awful picture on their DL while it is scanned by the computer. The difference is that the Real ID picture cannot be used in any facial recognition software while a fresh digital phone picture coudl be. This may be a point for the next Texas legislative session.