[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":877},["ShallowReactive",2],{"project-44348448":3},{"id":4,"name":5,"line":6,"line_source":7,"title":8,"url":9,"domain":10,"maker":11,"posted_at":12,"year":13,"points":14,"comments":15,"rank_in_year":16,"shown_in_year":17,"top":18,"tier":19,"category":20,"subcategory":21,"format":22,"keywords":23,"reception":28,"sentiment":29,"stance_mix":30,"scored_comments":35,"aspects":36,"strip":45,"post_text":50,"what":51,"said":88,"maker_in_thread":178,"shape":190,"grid":195,"attempts":838,"same_week":839,"maker_shows":33,"maker_hidden":869,"reader_version":870,"card":871},"44348448","Idle Reporter","Report idling vehicles in NYC (and get a cut of the fines) with AI","title","Show HN: Report idling vehicles in NYC (and get a cut of the fines) with AI","https:\u002F\u002Fapps.apple.com\u002Fus\u002Fapp\u002Fidle-reporter-for-nyc-dep\u002Fid6747315971","apps.apple.com","rafram",1750612011,2025,194,287,344,3837,9,"notable","web_saas","civic reporting app","mobile_app",[24,25,26,27],"idling vehicles","nyc dep complaint","idling reports nyc","air pollution reporting","roasted",-0.203,{"positive":31,"neutral":32,"mixed":33,"critical":34},20,17,1,39,77,{"idea":37,"privacy":40,"docs":43,"pricing":44},{"positive":38,"critical":39},18,30,{"positive":41,"critical":42},0,7,{"positive":41,"critical":41},{"positive":41,"critical":33},[46,47,33,41,41,48,33,33,33,47,41,33,49,48,41,48,47,33,41,46,46,41,48,47,33,33,48,33,46,46,41,48,47,33,33,33,33,33,46,33],5,3,2,4,"New York City has this cool program that lets anyone report idling commercial vehicles and get a large cut of the fines [1]. It's been in the news recently [2].\n\nI've filed a few reports, and I found the process frustrating and error-prone. The forms are fiddly, there's way too much information that needs to be copied down from the video by hand, you have to use a third-party app to take a timestamped video and a different app to compress it before uploading, and approximately none of it can be done on your phone — the device you probably used to record your video in the first place.\n\nI built ",{"problem":52,"audience":58,"pricing":67,"motivation":71,"time_to_build":75,"stack":76,"openness":85,"stage":86,"team_size":87},{"value":53,"source":54,"evidence":55},"Filing NYC idling complaints is fiddly, manual and hard to do from a phone","maker",[56],{"id":57},"post",{"value":59,"source":60,"evidence":61},"People in NYC who want to report idling commercial vehicles","inferred",[62,63],{"id":57},{"id":64,"by":65,"text":66},"44348701","hiAndrewQuinn","This is a phenomenal application of how fine-based bounties can be used to rapidly improve compliance with the law. Incredible work. I would absolutely use this if I lived in…",{"value":68,"source":54,"evidence":69},"$5.99\u002Fmonth subscription for AI features, one-week free trial, other features free",[70],{"id":57},{"value":72,"source":54,"evidence":73},"Frustration with the existing NYC reporting process",[74],{"id":57},null,[77,81],{"value":78,"source":54,"evidence":79},"SwiftUI",[80],{"id":57},{"value":82,"source":54,"evidence":83},"AI model for extracting info from video (unspecified)",[84],{"id":57},"paid","launched","solo",{"praise":89,"objections":110,"requests":143,"questions":158,"alternatives":170},[90,102],{"value":91,"source":92,"evidence":93},"Practical use of AI for civic enforcement","commenter",[94,98],{"id":95,"by":96,"text":97},"44348685","elektor","Now this is a practical use of AI, kudos!",{"id":99,"by":100,"text":101},"44349184","screye","Amazing ! Decentralizing traffic enforcement is a win-win. Bravo to NYC for opening this sort of program and OP for turning it into an \"efficient free market\". Will try it out…",{"value":103,"source":92,"evidence":104},"Good idea to decentralize traffic enforcement",[105,106],{"id":99,"by":100,"text":101},{"id":107,"by":108,"text":109},"44348871","theptip","I like the general idea, and I’ve been surprised this hasn’t taken off elsewhere, eg citizen videos for traffic violations like blocking intersections, it seems these should be…",[111,126,132],{"value":112,"source":92,"evidence":113},"Paying citizens to snitch on each other is dystopian and invites abuse",[114,118,122],{"id":115,"by":116,"text":117},"44349510","Nifty3929","I feel it's Orwellian, or Stalin-esq to have us being paid off to snitch on each other. Certainly, if you have evidence of murder or something, please do report it. But for an…",{"id":119,"by":120,"text":121},"44349454","gametorch","Genuinely curious, why aren't people allowed to say this is dystopian without getting flagged? What rule, specifically, does that violate? I think this is dystopian. Paying…",{"id":123,"by":124,"text":125},"44351309","southernplaces7","Awesome. Offer tech that helps people more easily become arbitrary snitches on activity in ways that's absurdly easy to manipulate or take advantage of, all while further moving…",{"value":127,"source":92,"evidence":128},"Subscription pricing is steep for occasional use",[129],{"id":130,"by":108,"text":131},"44348811","Nice. Pricing seems a bit steep for occasional use; does iOS make it easy to do micro-transactions with Apple Pay? (I get the dev may be trying to put bread on the table with…",{"value":133,"source":92,"evidence":134},"Anonymity of tipsters and trust erosion concerns",[135,139],{"id":136,"by":137,"text":138},"44358198","potato3732842","The problem here is the anonymity for the tipster. Like if you can't defend your actions by putting your name to them are they actions worth taking? The guy who reports one…",{"id":140,"by":141,"text":142},"44353045","Zaylan","Using AI to improve enforcement makes sense, but I do worry a bit when reporting turns into a way to make money. If people start watching each other for profit, it feels like we…",[144,151],{"value":145,"source":92,"evidence":146},"Ability to report illegally parked police vehicles",[147],{"id":148,"by":149,"text":150},"44349541","stemlord","Feature request: the ability to report illegally parked police vehicles",{"value":152,"source":92,"evidence":153},"Explain what the AI does in the app",[154],{"id":155,"by":156,"text":157},"44348945","a5c11","Since you've mentioned it, that'd be great to give some details regarding the AI mechanism you used. I really find that trend of hiding everything behind \"The Divine AI\"…",[159,166],{"value":160,"source":92,"evidence":161},"How to defend against maliciously AI-altered video reports",[162],{"id":163,"by":164,"text":165},"44350284","wingspar","In this age of generative AI, how would a someone defend against a maliciously AI generated\u002Faltered video report?",{"value":167,"source":92,"evidence":168},"How the AI mechanism works",[169],{"id":155,"by":156,"text":157},[171],{"value":172,"source":92,"evidence":173},"Solve SF app",[174],{"id":175,"by":176,"text":177},"44348578","rahimnathwani","I love that you and others are making it easier for the public to report issues and violations. Another example in the same vein (but no financial reward for reporting!) is the…",{"comments":179,"answered":47,"key":180},6,[181,184,187],{"id":182,"text":183},"44348781","It used to be that as long as the vehicle was on the same block as a school or park, you only had to take a one-minute video (versus three-minute). Now there are some annoying…",{"id":185,"text":186},"44351027","New York City has different rules from New York State, and commercial vehicles have different rules from personal vehicles. The limit for commercial vehicles in NYC is three…",{"id":188,"text":189},"44348877","That's a fair point. I have to see how the AI costs stack up, since heavy use can run up the bill pretty quickly with video inputs, and all subscriptions come with unlimited 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