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"Evelyn Trueman did jury duty once but, other than that, has never been to
court. Now the 79-year-old Brisbane pensioner is preparing to represent herself
against the Queensland government in one of several cases set to test the
artificial intelligence programs it uses to surveil drivers.
Trueman admits to being daunted. She had to enlist her son-in-law’s help to
lodge the first online complaint – “he’s good with computers”.
“I don’t know how to go to court,” she says. “Should I just front up and give a
magistrate my files and all my pictures? I’ve got them all in little plastic
files, is that the way to do it?”
Trueman fell afoul of the state’s Camera Detected Offence Program (CDOP) and
was fined $1,078 in March for being the owner of a car in which a passenger was
not wearing a seatbelt correctly.
She is adamant the car in the series of images is not her vehicle and that she
has never met the two women pictured.
The West End grandmother did drive along the Pacific Motorway with her adult
daughter on the same day and around the same time as the fine was issued.
However, she insists she was driving (her daughter does not have a licence)
whereas the image shows the older of two women in the passenger seat, with the
seatbelt on incorrectly.
While the overexposed images provided by the government may make it difficult
for the court to discern if it is indeed Trueman pictured, she is hoping that a
small detail in the photograph will help support her case.
Visible in the car’s windscreen is what appears to be a reflection of Trueman’s
upside-down numberplate.
“How did that get there?” Trueman wonders.
It is a question she has asked of the Queensland Revenue Office (QRO) and one
also asked by this publication."
Via Clarice Boomshakala Bouvier.
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
