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Cameras in UK for Toll Enforcement

Posted by Cliff on from the smile-you're-on-candid-toll-camera dept.

cosyne writes "Saw this story on BBC News about charging people £5 per day to drive in central London. The interesting part: they plan to use surveillance cameras to snap liscence plates and compare to a database of people who paid. That's the same as stopping terrorism, right?" We mentioned this issue in an earlier story. It's an interesting challenge: the UK authorities have a problem (too much traffic in London) which is not susceptible to the usual solution (too many ways into London, can't put tolls on all of them) and so they're looking for new solutions - except most of the possible solutions are privacy-invasive in one way or another.

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  1. I read this... by tuxedo-steve · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    as ``Cameras in UK for Troll Enforcement''.

    Something that would be of use around here perhaps... :)

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  2. Troll ??? What are you guys taking ? by Zemran · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    How can this comment be called a troll? It is an obvious observation. it seems that there are those in the /. community that want to censor opinions that they do not like.

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  3. BBC: Street robberies soar by 28% by Picass0 · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    Cameras everywhere in the UK haven't done much to prevent crime, so what is the point?

    Perhaps Prince Charles just wants to catch a view of your nickers?