RIPA Part III

[Ian G Batten]

>
>> as we do with requirements to give breath samples at the roadside,
>>
> Different entirely. I don't drive, and so could never be the  
> subject of such
> a demand. It is a requirement placed on drivers, not on the general  
> public.
> It ought to be spelled out that way a bit more too.

You logic seems to be that things that would otherwise be invasive  
when done to the general population are OK when done to drivers,  
because they choose to drive.  If you're worried about computers  
being seized and your telephone calls being intercepted, the same  
principle applies: it's your choice to use a computer or a  
telephone.  It's interesting that people who are in general opposed  
to CCTV were quite relaxed about the idea of ANR on the roads (``no  
one is forcing them to drive!'') but suddenly have discovered some  
principles when it becomes facial recognition in railway stations.    
It's as though a contempt for car drivers has become some sort of  
shibboleth for people who think the 1983 Labour Manifesto is a great  
political work.

ian