Cameras to detect No Seatbelt/Use of mobile phone offenders?
Discussion
[qoute from newspaper] Department of Transport figures released under the Freedom of Information Act indicated that total fine receipts for speeding and traffic light offences detected by camera in 2003-04 were £113.5m, of which nearly £92m was "reinvested in road safety as payments back to ... the police, local highway authorities and magistrates courts". The Treasury retained the balance of nearly £22m. [unquote]
Since when does money handed back to the POLICE and MAGISTRATES COURTS contribute towards road safety? Less police presance on the roads, more policing by scameras?
Magistrates fining motorists who find themselves before the Bench? Where does that improve road safety???
Since when does money handed back to the POLICE and MAGISTRATES COURTS contribute towards road safety? Less police presance on the roads, more policing by scameras?
Magistrates fining motorists who find themselves before the Bench? Where does that improve road safety???
Twunt from the government said:
"Those responsible for 7/7 got to Luton station by car."
So, if they had comitted a motoring offence on route to a mass murder, they might have received a £60 + NIP 14 days later?
You have no idea how much better I shall sleep tonight with that knowledge!
nel said:only if its loaded
The market for light coloured T-shirts with a diagonal black line on them will be booming soon then. Also, coloured phone holders disguising the phone as something else should be popular too. Can they prosecute you for driving along with a banana held to your ear?
catso said:
"Those responsible for 7/7 got to Luton station by car."
So, if they had comitted a motoring offence on route to a mass murder, they might have received a £60 + NIP 14 days later?
You have no idea how much better I shall sleep tonight with that knowledge!
Not only that, but if they'd had ID cards, the government would have been able to identify them IMMEDIATELY! Tap their name into a database....
"Aha! Got them, they've failed to renew their insurance!"
"Err, Sarge. They're dead, and the crime happened 3 hours ago."
..try a pineapple. 
Tafia said:
Could the dark blue Traffic Master cameras be used for this? We were told they were simply to check on traffic flows and hold-ups but I wondered at the time why it needed cameras. Inductiveloops can count traffic and detect halted traffic.
Hmmmm
Traffic master has the gubbins to read plates it's just that the "operater" does not use this facility (yet)
Raify said:
Interesting that the spokesman for Amenesty (Liberty?) doesn't mind. If all this spying isn't a threat to Civil Liberty what is?
And I like the quote about 7/7 - how would they have picked up the terrorists. They didn't have any labels on them?
Look for the story this has been put out to hide
I just spotted that quote, completely ridiculous.
Twunt from the government said:
"One of the good things about ANPR is that people are often multiple offenders so it would provide useful intelligence," he said. "Those responsible for 7/7 got to Luton station by car."
Their car was taxed, insured and MOTed and they bought both a valid parking ticket and return train tickets. The "point" about the 7/7 bombers is Lies, Lies, Lies. Much as everything else that people want to do on the back of terrorism. Always remember; how can you tell a politician is lying? His mouth is moving.
grauniad said:
It is also argued that the cameras bring in essential revenue.
Indeed.
also in the grauniad he said:
that for greater safety and "the greater good of society", most people would be prepared to accept "a slight reduction of our liberty".
That 'slight reduction' trotted out again. Now how many 'slight reductions' have we seen recently?
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