On 21 Apr 2014, at 19:56, "Steve Cottrell" <[email protected]> wrote: > > 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. >
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