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(Mis)Uses of Technology

by Mike Masnick

Mon, Feb 14th 2005 8:06am





New Privacy Issues With Camera Enforcement

from the fun-for-the-whole-family dept

Bob Dole writes "If you get a camera ticket in the District of Columbia when you weren't driving, you'll not only have to finger the person who was driving, you'll need to provide his driver's license number as well according to a new city proposal. If the number provided doesn't match what's in the database, you're back on the hook -- and maybe they'll file perjury charges too. Think they're just bluffing? This Washington Post columnist would beg to differ. If you think, "I don't speed or run lights so I don't need to worry about this" -- think again. A Chicago reporter looked at a video of a man who was wrongly accused of running a light. The article raises important questions: why is the city hanging on to videos of monitored intsersections for months? Why is it so willing to share it with reporters? If that's not enough, one California driver enjoyed the double-jeopardy of getting a real ticket and a camera ticket for the exact same offense. Bad things happen when one starts down the slippery slope of camera enforcement."

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    Anonymous Coward, Feb 14th, 2005 @ 9:01am

    Oh Mike,

    You are so wrong.
    Camera enforcement, RFID, & other invasive technologies are for your own good.

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    Camera Tickets

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    Double G, Feb 14th, 2005 @ 9:46am

    DC is just doing it for the money. They've always used aggressive ticketing to put $$$ in public coffers.

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    Three Men In A Boat, Feb 14th, 2005 @ 11:15am

    Exactly. No matter how many of these tickets you get, you will not get a single point on your license. This is simply a tax on speeding... the richer you are, the faster you can drive.

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    Re: Camera Tickets

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    Anonymous Coward, Feb 14th, 2005 @ 11:20am

    Can't we just RFID chip everyone & ever god damn thing on the planet so there is no chance of randomness or spontaneity ?

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    Rick Gutleber, Feb 14th, 2005 @ 6:41pm

    Yes, we here in America have our own little two-bit corrupt Third World nation right in our midst:

    The Distict of Columbia

    All the efficiency of Soviet Russia with all the effectiveness of Haiti.

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    Simple solution :

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    gggrl, Feb 15th, 2005 @ 1:16am

    Don't break the law! You may not like the speed limits, but they are the law. There are lots of laws people don;t like but they obey them. I don't see why car drivers think they have a god given right to ignore the law!

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    Re: Third World DC

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    Three Men In A Boat, Feb 15th, 2005 @ 6:56am

    Well, you can do something about this... unless you actually live in DC. Call and write your Representative/Senator, a right that DC residents lack. (sarcasm) The Nation's Capitol: one (locally elected) mayor, 535 Colonial Governors... hard to believe that it's badly managed! (/sarcasm) Tell me of any other city in the USA that would sign up for THAT deal.

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    fazookus, Feb 15th, 2005 @ 12:03pm


    |Yes, we here in America have our own little two-bit corrupt |Third World nation right in our midst:
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    |The Distict of Columbia
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    |All the efficiency of Soviet Russia with all the effectiveness of |Haiti.

    And the government of... oh, wait...

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