TJ WALKER - THE HABIT INFLUENCER - Personal Development | LIVE STREAM

Forget Big Brother, now you have to worry about Big Neighbor. In New York City, a new ordinance was passed that doesn't just ban cars idling in the street, but it empowers citizens to video record offenders, turn it in as evidence and then implement. If the person is convicted or fined of the charge, the person who provided the video based evidence will get half of the fines that come in. So you have a financial incentive to essentially police the streets. Now, there's a part of me that thinks this is great anytime you use technology in an efficient way. We're not talking about the government having to buy a lot more cameras, but if you're using technology in an efficient manner to make the streets smoother, easier, less traffic, I'm all in favor of that. I do have one caveat. If you're going to video record someone who is idling for more than three minutes and therefore committing a crime, or, you know, it's obviously not a criminal issue, but some form of misdemeanor then, or traffic violation, then be careful. Because my fear is if you are just on a sidewalk doing this, someone is going to come up, go to their truck, pull out a baseball bat and slug you. So be careful. There are a lot of people who would never in their wildest dreams attack a police officer because they know the police officer, the traffic cop has a gun, can call in for backup, support. But if you are not a police officer, they may figure, hey, if I destroy that phone, there won't be any evidence that I was idling my car or my truck. So that's my only concern. Be very careful. Do it from the safety of your own car or a hidden place. Otherwise, I am afraid we're going to see bloodshed in the streets of New York City. Even though, hey, the streets of New York City are safer today than they've been in 50 years. So please come and visit. If you haven't come.