Average speed cameras and data collection

Mathew

There are live ones positioned at most of the borders from county to county that are linked to the Police National Computer, DVLA etc and automatically alert Police to cars of interest.

dacouch

They have them at most airports and at the docks now.

I amazed we have not had any people saying "If you have nothing to hide then you should not worry" as normally any discussion about ANPR, the national database or dna database gets a lot of them giving their opinion

ticketcollector

Mathew wrote: »

There are live ones positioned at most of the borders from county to county that are linked to the Police National Computer, DVLA etc and automatically alert Police to cars of interest.

But why like black? I thought they had to be yellow or is that an old fad now. Also explains the 4x4 sitting 1/2 mile ahead.

Mathew

ticketcollector wrote: »

But why like black? I thought they had to be yellow or is that an old fad now. Also explains the 4x4 sitting 1/2 mile ahead.

Not sure whether they had to be yellow in the past but I have def seen speed cameras there are not.
Although I don't think the 'live' ANPR cameras enforce speed.

Pew_Pew_Pew_Lasers!

flang wrote: »

There is no other way mate unless a member of public reported you or the police had been following you.
its not hard to follow the same car on cctv!

Really. So why did the officer who stopped me mention that I'd been picked up by camera? For clarification, I mentioned ANPR and he seemed somewhat surprised that I knew what it was.

CCTV, lol. You really expect me to believe someone was sat watching for my car? This was a week after the initial report.

ticketcollector

Pew_Pew_Pew_Lasers! wrote: »

CCTV, lol. You really expect me to believe someone was sat watching for my car? This was a week after the initial report.

So that's where my taxes get spent, on loads of people working shifts watching cameras looking for 1 particular reg plate?

flang

Pew_Pew_Pew_Lasers! wrote: »

Really. So why did the officer who stopped me mention that I'd been picked up by camera? For clarification, I mentioned ANPR and he seemed somewhat surprised that I knew what it was.

CCTV, lol. You really expect me to believe someone was sat watching for my car? This was a week after the initial report.

Sorry mate its a fact. Unless of course your a Highway Technology engineer, like myself......
My suggestion is you must have been picked up by a mobile unit, there everywhere nowdays.

And for your information people do sit and watch CCTV cameras on the motorway and yes they can follow vehicles throughout the network.

dacouch

Pew there are ANPR cameras on a lot of the motorways, there are definately some on the M60 look here... (Just google "M60 + ANPR) or any other motorway.

http://www.its.leeds.ac.uk/staff/staffProfile.php?personId=1179

This is an interesting page

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/03/17/spooks_want_oyster/

Basically if its got cameras it will be linked to a government agency of its not they will be doing their best to get it linked.

Happychappy

And where do these mysterious police come from ? is this your paranoi finally taking control, or is this a the result of a criminal investigation and an audit trail through the data protection act and disclosure of information, or in your strange world does PC Plod think " ah wonder what 1984 has been up to today, I shall search for his car, oh that doesnt look like Mrs 1984"

What about the CCTV system which tracked the asians responsible for the July bombing, the Glasgow airport asians expressing their right to protest?should that information never have been released to the police? or crimewatch when CCTV has film of a paedophile or rapist leaving a scene, should this evidence never have been captured and handed over to the police....what is it exactly that you are so frightened of ? if the police should not see the film, who should ? you and the Daily Mail ? talk about working with one hand behind your back and policing by consent, may as well play cards all night.

dacouch

Lol...I said it would happen