Undoubtedly some aspects of life will become safer, but the interesting question is "At what expense does that safety come?"
Just because something is the new normal, doesn't mean it is "right".
Just because something is the new normal, doesn't mean it is "right".
If it spread to security cameras ... consequences could be a grave new world where a young Dennis Leary is caught in his very first act of subversion.
I like to consider myself a good driver, I'm mostly concerned about black-and-white application, where we had officer discretion in the past. (Discretion is hard to teach computers)
The traffic light I "ran" yesterday springs to mind. Second in line at stoplight (behind a cop no less). Light turns green, we roll into intersection. Light changes to yellow, then red, before either of us exit the intersection. An officer would not ticket me, but a computer that was not meticulously programmed probably would.
But I'm much more interested in the egregious stuff in the rest of the world that goes largely unpoliced and kills millions a year - the Costa Rica version of your story is intersections routinely blocked by busses that are eager to cross when there's no space and an orange light!