MapQuest 于周四在其移动应用中新增了一项功能，允许用户打开“监控层”以在其路线中查找已知的车牌识别设备。
MapQuest added a new feature to its mobile app Thursday that allows users to turn on a “surveillance layer” to find known license plate readers in their route.
“道路有眼睛！” MapQuest 在社交平台 Bluesky 上于周四宣布了这一新功能。
“The Roads Have Eyes!,” MapQuest said on social platform Bluesky Thursday announcing the new feature.
该帖子写道：“在 Map 选项中打开监控层，即可查看来自 Flock Safety、Motorola Solutions（Vigilant）、Genetec、Axis Communications、Axon、Leonardo（ELSAG）、Neology、Rekor、PlateSmart、Ubicquia、Verkada 以及其他户外监控摄像头的已知车牌识别设备。”
“Turn on the Surveillance Layer in Map Options to see known license plate readers from Flock Safety, Motorola Solutions (Vigilant), Genetec, Axis Communications, Axon, Leonardo (ELSAG), Neology, Rekor, PlateSmart, Ubicquia, Verkada, and other outdoor surveillance cameras,” the post read.
本月早些时候，进步派议员提出立法，旨在禁止联邦机构使用自动车牌识别系统（ALPR）。Ban Flock 法案将阻止联邦机构使用 ALPR，并暂停向签订 ALPR 合同的州和地方政府提供联邦拨款资金。
Earlier this month, progressive lawmakers introduced legislation to ban federal agencies from using automatic license plate readers (ALPRs). The Ban Flock Act would stop federal agencies from using ALPR and pause federal grant funding to state and local governments with ALPR contracts.
该立法还将允许美国人因联邦机构使用 ALPR 而起诉联邦政府。
The legislation would also allow Americans to sue the federal government for the use of ALPRs.
其中一家 ALPR 公司 Flock Safety 今年早些时候因其在全国范围内拥有超过 12 万台摄像头的网络而成为争议焦点。
One of the ALPR firms, Flock Safety, took the center stage in a controversy earlier this year for its network of more than 120,000 cameras across the country.
Flock 的车牌识别设备不仅记录车牌号码，还记录汽车的具体细节，以创建公司所说的“车辆特征”。这些细节包括汽车的品牌、型号和颜色，以及独特特征，如保险杠贴纸、贴花和配件。然而，该公司不使用生物识别数据或面部识别。
Flock’s plate readers not only record license plate numbers, but specific details about a car to create what the company calls a “vehicle signature.”The details include the make, model and color of the car along with unique features like bumper stickers, decals, and accessories. The company, however, does not use biometric data or facial recognition.
一系列最近的报告揭示了执法部门多次滥用 Flock 或其他 ALPR 的情况。其中包括《华盛顿邮报》的一项调查，发现超过 50 名警官被指控、被起诉或因滥用 Flock 或其他车牌识别设备来监视前任或恋人而被定罪。
A series of recent reports shed light on multiple instances of law enforcement misusing Flock or other ALPRs. Among those is a Washington Post investigation that found more than 50 officers had been accused, charged with or convicted of misusing Flock or other license plate readers to spy on exes or romantic interests.
上个月，两党参议员联名致函司法部长托德·布兰奇，敦促他公布司法部使用自动车牌识别系统（ALPRs）的任何细节。参议员拉斐尔·沃诺克（民主党-佐治亚州）和凯蒂·布里特（共和党-阿拉巴马州）还要求向州和地方执法机构发布指导意见，以防止ALPRs的滥用。
Last month, a bipartisan pair of senators sent a letter to Attorney General Todd Blanche, urging him to disclose details about any use of ALPRs by the Justice Department. Sens. Raphael Warnock (D-Ga.) and Katie Britt (R-Ala.) also requested the issuance of guidance to state and local law enforcement agencies to prevent the misuse of ALPRs.
福洛克公司发言人安德鲁·史密斯在一份声明中告诉《国会山报》，该公司“强烈支持制定监管车牌识别系统使用的立法，以设立防护栏”。上个月，MapQuest在宣布将不会因特朗普总统签署行政命令更改其名称而将安大略湖更名为“美洲湖”后，其人气激增。该公司表示，在该宣布之后，其移动应用程序收到了数十万次下载。
Andrew Smith, a Flock spokesperson, told The Hill in a statement that the company “strongly supports legislation establishing guardrails governing license plate reader use.”MapQuest’s popularity surged last month after the company announced that it would not rename Lake Ontario to “Lake America” after President Trump signed an executive order changing its name. The company said following the announcement, its mobile app received hundreds of thousands of downloads.
该公司在2025年也对特朗普在上任首日将墨西哥湾更名为“美洲湾”作出了类似回应。MapQuest允许其用户按照自己喜欢的方式称呼该水域。
The company also responded similarly in 2025 to Trump’s renaming of the Gulf of Mexico to the “Gulf of America” on his first day back in office. MapQuest allowed its users to refer to the body of water however they wanted.