Your Kids' School Bus Is About to Become a Roaming Surveillance Vehicle

This has been an ongoing concern (internal surveillance of children and drivers, external of other traffic) for at least two months now:

* They're Putting AI Cameras In School Buses (April 7th 2026) - https://www.usermag.co/p/theyre-putting-ai-cameras-in-school

* School bus Driver Interview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KoAvL1MoTIA

Look up the history of this company, bus patrol - they're felons and in prison.

I wish i still had the capacity to be surprised by anything

Maybe design cities to be walkable and bikeable so that you have the option get things done without driving a car which is inherently trackable?

That's never going to be misused or anything... gross.

People who pass through red signals need a night or two in jail, not enhanced privacy protections.

Yes, this is concerning. But there's also the other side. Some of the little miscreants who shared my bus ride were positively nasty. Some surveillance would have helped a number of people avoid bullying.

While I'm sympathetic to a lot of privacy concerns, how hard is it to simply not be an asshole and not pass school buses when they have their flashing lights out?

Also, every car with a dashcam or built in cameras is basically already this. Where I live every intersection has cameras. Most of the buildings. It's not like this is anything new and honestly, probably a better use of cameras than most of the other applications.

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Judging by the enthusiasm for hosted AI models and tools like Claude Code on Hacker News, I don't think people care much about surveillance anymore.

The existence of a license plate indicates that motor vehicle travel is not intended to be untrackable. That makes sense since these are powerful devices. It seems like a fair trade off since a motor vehicle provides many benefits but also high risk.