UK gets tiny car spy cams

NYCshopper · 11-10-2006, 10:03 AM

UK gets tiny car spy cams

http://www.autoexpress.co.uk/news/au..._spy_cams.html

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UK gets tiny car spy cams

Tiny spy cameras small enough to fit on to lamp posts are being used to catch law-breaking motorists.

The hidden lenses are capable of tracking all kinds of misdemeanours, including driving in a bus lane, making illegal turns, throwing a cigarette out of a window and ignoring 'no unloading' rules at peak times.

They send images to one of three £100,000 'Gizmo Wagons' bought by Liverpool City Council. Operators can also issue parking tickets, as the cameras are linked to automatic number plate recognition software. "The equipment is first class," a council spokesman told us. "We are working closely with the police to help keep uninsured and untaxed vehicles off the road.

"We attach small cameras to street lamps and the pictures are beamed to the control vehicle hundreds of yards away. The pictures are crystal clear and good enough to use as evidence."

Meanwhile, brainy CCTV cameras have arrived to help motorists. The new robotic eyes 'learn' a road and can spot hazardous debris, such as shredded lorry tyres strewn across a carriageway, in daylight and darkness. They also know when a driver pulls over to the hard shoulder and can automatically alert control centre staff. The cameras are being tested in Croydon, Surrey, and could go nationwide if they help keep traffic flowing.

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Calamity Jesus · 11-10-2006, 10:23 AM

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The hidden lenses are capable of tracking all kinds of misdemeanours, including [...] throwing a cigarette out of a window[...]

Awesome! I hate that crap.

Too bad about the Orwellianism.

MattDell · 11-10-2006, 12:14 PM

This is the one thing I absolutely cannot stand about the UK.

Rapid_Roo · 11-10-2006, 12:26 PM

I would welcome this technology in Los Angeles. Imagine what all these dorks that want to be seen would do if they realized someone was actually watching.

Derbagger · 11-13-2006, 07:13 PM

I'd take a baseball bat to one.

Chromer · 11-13-2006, 07:21 PM

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Originally Posted by Derbagger

I'd take a baseball bat to one.

Happens all the time. Along with filling them with expanding foam, stuffing fireworks or dynamite inside them, and hanging burning tires over them...

http://www.speedcam.co.uk/gatso2.htm

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11-10-2006, 12:14 PM	#3
MattDell Scooby Guru Member#: 16803 Join Date: Mar 2002 Chapter/Region: International Location: London, England	This is the one thing I absolutely cannot stand about the UK.

11-10-2006, 12:26 PM	#4
Rapid_Roo Scooby Guru Member#: 31511 Join Date: Jan 2003 Chapter/Region: SCIC Location: W\|LA. Ca. Vehicle: 03 GD2 95 GM4 www.ITNRally.org	I would welcome this technology in Los Angeles. Imagine what all these dorks that want to be seen would do if they realized someone was actually watching.

11-13-2006, 07:13 PM	#5
Derbagger Scooby Specialist Member#: 32113 Join Date: Jan 2003 Chapter/Region: NESIC Location: Trollhatten, Japan Vehicle: 05 Saabaru Satin Grey	I'd take a baseball bat to one.