Are law enforcement cameras an invasion of privacy?
08-19-2011, 07:39 PM
Red light cameras are horseshit. More than 85% of the tickets issued by them are for failing to stop prior to making a right turn on red. You roll through when you know it's clear and you get jammed up. They are revenue generators pure and simple. Go look where they are placed. They ALWAYS are at major intersections where you can turn right on red. You eliminate that aspect and target people who go across an intersection against a red signal = fine. But there's no real revenue in that.
In the UK speed cameras are being vandalized in wonderful acts of civil disobedience. Take a tire full of diesel fuel and out it around one and set it on fire. That's moving to the US as well. A good radar detector is the best defense against these things. Speed per se isn't a problem. The problem is speed difference. The guy going 80 and the guy going 40 on the same road is where it gets sideways. Not to mention American drivers are generally shitty.
As far as privacy goes anything visible to the public at large has no expectation of privacy. Cameras are everywhere...Big Brother is watching.
In the UK speed cameras are being vandalized in wonderful acts of civil disobedience. Take a tire full of diesel fuel and out it around one and set it on fire. That's moving to the US as well. A good radar detector is the best defense against these things. Speed per se isn't a problem. The problem is speed difference. The guy going 80 and the guy going 40 on the same road is where it gets sideways. Not to mention American drivers are generally shitty.
As far as privacy goes anything visible to the public at large has no expectation of privacy. Cameras are everywhere...Big Brother is watching.