On 21/4/14, Daniel J. Matyola, discombobulated, unleashed: >The NYPD has the best equipment in the world. Here is their special >high speed pursuit vehicle for apprehending speeders: >http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=17742472 >Comments are invited.
Nice shot. Assume it's for a parking control officer to pop out and ticket people? Lucky you if you have them! We have a new breed of big brother anti-parking measures here. Some cities and councils have a adopted a method whereby a van with a CCTV camera is aimed at parked vehicles at the side of the roads it patrols, and it simply records vehicle identities through number plate recognition technology that are parked illegally - on what we call 'double yellow lines' painted by the kerb. So in the old days, you'd pull over and leave the engine running on double yellows to use the ATM ten feet away, get your money, and be off in 30 seconds or less - all the while mindful of a parking attendant. Now, you've only got to be waiting at a traffic light to turn left (equivalent right in USA/Canada/etc) and the van can nail you thinking that you're parked. Not supposed to but that has happened. Every car park now has number plate recognition cameras at the entrance and if you overstay your allotted 90 minutes or whatever, the fine comes through the mail. Regarding CCTV cameras, I once used to be of the mind that 'if you've done no wrong, then there's nothing to fear'. But this is getting ridiculous - I have changed my opinion and now abhor this proliferation of state-sponsored spying. It is atrocious. -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ Broadcast, Corporate, || (O) | Web Video Production ---------- <www.seeingeye.tv> _____________________________ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
