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

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  1. matroxmemories · · focus · HN ↗
    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.
    1. tzs · · focus · HN ↗
      Flock is not magic. It can only flag a plate for fake registration if they have previously been caught and added to one of the external law enforcement databases that Flock checks with.

      It flagged in this case because the plate was NOT in a database that insured cars are supposed to be in.

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