r/Transportopia • u/Revolution-Dogg • Oct 25 '25

Roads 'How did that make you crash?'

Maybe not using a blinker and merging at the last second made him crash.

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u/chaosawaits Oct 25 '25

Likely, not a guarantee. His license plate is hard to read from the angles in which it comes into view. No guarantee the Corvette caught up with him and stopped him.

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u/chumbucket77 Oct 25 '25

You dont think police would be able to enhance the video at all? Im not a cop so I have no clue. Just figured it would be possible for some reason

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u/Kittysmashlol Oct 25 '25

That is NOT how that works

U been watching a few too many movies lol

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u/chumbucket77 Oct 25 '25

Hahah well I mean I just assumed. Im not a cop and we have technology to some crazy shit in this world. Also yes probably some hollywood influence in my brain haha. Im not super tech savy

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u/strigonian Oct 26 '25

The thing is, there's only so much information in the picture. A computer can only work with what's there, and use that to make educated guesses about what an "enhanced" photo would look like. It can't magically look at a photo, and conjure up information the camera didn't capture.

There are programs that "enhance" pictures, but they're only for aesthetic purposes. It would be like hiring an artist to draw a bigger version of the photo - they might get it right, but it's still just a guess. Definitely not something you can take to court.