Wednesday, January 24, 2007
Big Brother Watching Big Brother.
The British are the most spied upon people in the world, watched over by 4.2m public CCTV cameras - one for every 14 people - and the average citizen is caught on camera up to 300 times a day, and over and above that there are thousands of cameras to catch motorists who break the speed limit.
Speed cameras, or ‘safety cameras’, as they are now officially known, are not popular and are widely seen as a source of revenue from fines rather than a way of preventing accidents, and in the Scottish borders attacks on the cameras are affecting the raking in of cash by the Lothian and Borders Safety Camera Partnership.
"Every time it happens it is inconvenient, it is costly and it is a crime," said Colin McNeil, who heads the group.
“One option is to have cameras trained upon the cameras”.
Bright thinking, Mr McNeil. Spy on the spies and assume that the border bandits don’t have the intelligence to burn down the CCTV before they demolish the speed cameras.
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Speed cameras, or ‘safety cameras’, as they are now officially known, are not popular and are widely seen as a source of revenue from fines rather than a way of preventing accidents, and in the Scottish borders attacks on the cameras are affecting the raking in of cash by the Lothian and Borders Safety Camera Partnership.
"Every time it happens it is inconvenient, it is costly and it is a crime," said Colin McNeil, who heads the group.
“One option is to have cameras trained upon the cameras”.
Bright thinking, Mr McNeil. Spy on the spies and assume that the border bandits don’t have the intelligence to burn down the CCTV before they demolish the speed cameras.
See all recent posts.
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