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From: Brimstone on 4 Apr 2010 13:41
In a recent thread, it was suggested that there was no reason to store
people's movements in a database. So why, I wonder, is it being done?

Police are secretly photographing up to 14 million motorists a day and
storing their details for years, it has emerged.

"Images of drivers and their front seat passengers captured by a network of
cameras are being held on a police database without motorists knowledge, a
police document has revealed."

Read more:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1263494/Police-secretly-photographing-14million-motorists-passengers-day-keeping-images-years.html#ixzz0k9dC8MEe

They've made a liar out of you Kev.

--
The best argument against democracy is a five-minute conversation with the
average voter. - Winston Churchill

From: Zaz on 4 Apr 2010 14:00
On Sun, 04 Apr 2010 18:41:26 +0100, "Brimstone" <brimstone(a)hotmail.com>
wrote:
> Police are secretly photographing up to 14 million motorists a day and
> storing their details for years, it has emerged.
>
> "Images of drivers and their front seat passengers captured by a network
> of cameras are being held on a police database without motorists
> knowledge, a police document has revealed."

It would actually save the police a huge amount of money on bandwidth
bills if they installed computers in roadside cabinets that cropped each
image so only a picture of the VRN was forwarded to a central location.

It seems from the very design they've gone for the much more expensive
option which captures and retains a picture of the car and driver.

From: Brimstone on 4 Apr 2010 14:09


"Zaz" <zaz(a)zaz.zaz> wrote in message
news:_s4un.763452$Dy7.469418(a)newsfe26.ams2...
> On Sun, 04 Apr 2010 18:41:26 +0100, "Brimstone" <brimstone(a)hotmail.com>
> wrote:
>> Police are secretly photographing up to 14 million motorists a day and
>> storing their details for years, it has emerged.
>>
>> "Images of drivers and their front seat passengers captured by a network
>> of cameras are being held on a police database without motorists
>> knowledge, a police document has revealed."
>
> It would actually save the police a huge amount of money on bandwidth
> bills if they installed computers in roadside cabinets that cropped each
> image so only a picture of the VRN was forwarded to a central location.
>
> It seems from the very design they've gone for the much more expensive
> option which captures and retains a picture of the car and driver.
>
Of course, because it's the people they're interested in. The number plate
recognition is only a means to an end with the happy bonus of detecting cars
with no VED etc.



From: McKevvy on 4 Apr 2010 14:32
On 4 Apr, 19:00, Zaz <z...(a)zaz.zaz> wrote:
> On Sun, 04 Apr 2010 18:41:26 +0100, "Brimstone" <brimst...(a)hotmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> > Police are secretly photographing up to 14 million motorists a day and
> > storing their details for years, it has emerged.
>
> > "Images of drivers and their front seat passengers captured by a network
> > of cameras are being held on a police database without motorists
> > knowledge, a police document has revealed."
>
> It would actually save the police a huge amount of money on bandwidth
> bills if they installed computers in roadside cabinets that cropped each
> image so only a picture of the VRN was forwarded to a central location.
>
> It seems from the very design they've gone for the much more expensive
> option which captures and retains a picture of the car and driver.

They would save even more of OUR money by scrapping the whole thing.

McK.
From: McKevvy on 4 Apr 2010 14:35
On 4 Apr, 18:41, "Brimstone" <brimst...(a)hotmail.com> wrote:
> In a recent thread, it was suggested that there was no reason to store
> people's movements in a database. So why, I wonder, is it being done?
>
> Police are secretly photographing up to 14 million motorists a day and
> storing their details for years, it has emerged.
>
> "Images of drivers and their front seat passengers captured by a network of
> cameras are being held on a police database without motorists knowledge, a
> police document has revealed."
>
> Read more:http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1263494/Police-secretly-photo...
>
> They've made a liar out of you Kev.
>
> --
> The best argument against democracy is a five-minute conversation with the
> average voter. - Winston Churchill

There are cameras on 4 of Scotlands truck roads. One of them is on the
southbound M90 near Jcn 2 and is easily recognised. It's a trailer
painted yellow with a generator and the camera on a vertical boom
about 4 meters high.

McK.
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