New York's first attempt to recognize the faces of drivers failed

The problem may be inherent in the early state of facial recognition at these speeds. The Oak Ridge National Laboratory has obtained a precision of over 80% in a study of faces visible through a windshield, but at a reduced speed. It may not be ready for someone to go down a bridge.

Not that privacy advocates necessarily see it as a disadvantage. Facial recognition is already a contentious issue, let alone when it is used to look in cars. Whether or not we consider it an Orwellian intrusion that can lead to abuse of power, there are problems of precision in the best case. He sometimes has trouble recognizing people and non-white women, and assumes that a culprit will not wear a mask or other disguise. While no terror detection system is foolproof, there are real concerns that current approaches could generate false positives or let suspects fall through the cracks.