Washington100 Postal Service trucks in the capital area now carry scanning cameras.
The US Postal Service wants to use the nationwide reach of its fleet to collect street data.
A letter to the letter carriers’ union says forward-facing Next Base dashcams will map roads, signs and sidewalks, without audio.
The cameras run no plate-reader software, though Next Base advertises 4K capture of every licence plate.
The pilot runs several months, and the Postal Service says findings will inform any future decisions.
How each outlet framed it
- 404 Media leans critical
- reveals USPS pilot with NextBase dashcams continuously scan roads/signs and map roadways/sidewalks across every community, leveraging USPS unique access; cameras capture license plates in 4K precision
Sources: 404 Media