Back to sppeding and cameras briefly - privacy

[Martin Hepworth]

I saw a news report on this on Friday (only got email at work so hence the
delay).

It described hwo the new system works..

the 1st camera takes your picture and records the car index (registration
plate) and send it off. a second camera a known distance from the first
takes another picture and sends if off. A computer then processes the time
between the two instances of the registration and can therefore workout the
speed.

Now what makes it interesting to me is what procedures are in place to
'stop' this system growing into the general surveillence system that the
civil liberties groups got concerned about with the proposed automatic
motorway toll system? That is, if this system becomes national (or even
widely used in one area) it seem relatively easy to watch certain cars. Now
even before combining this with known tracking capabilities of city center
CCTV, GSM phones and the RIP bill and the whole thing starts to worry me.

Not that I have much to worry about. BUT should I somehow get 'marked' as
target got the police etc it seems soon they won't need to actually
physically follow me.

Or maybe I'm just naturally paranoid???

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Martin Hepworth
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