Considering some considered math racist…nothing shocks me anymore.Funny story but the shot spotter system in Chicago was mothballed because it was deemed racist,kid you not.
Considering some considered math racist…nothing shocks me anymore.Funny story but the shot spotter system in Chicago was mothballed because it was deemed racist,kid you not.
I’d go for sharing my cameras.Like most of douggies ideas, this is half-baked at best. Douggie wanted to repurpose speed cameras to monitor entrances to neighbourhoods. Most municipalities don't own the cameras. The company that owns the cameras currently gets ~30% of ticket revenue to pay for the cameras and their service. If the tickets drop to zero, the cameras do not remain in Ontario, they get redeployed to a jurisdiction where they can generate money.
I thought about that but decided it was a bad idea. My cameras are set to capture very little off property. In the chance they catch something, I don't mind checking and passing footage to the cops but they don't get access.I’d go for sharing my cameras.
If I were in charge I’d give out free cameras to citizens providing they agree to host a camera on their property.
Didn’t the province have speed cameras on the 400 series highways years ago?
Everyone would slam their brakes when they saw a van parked by the side of the road.
First generation of speed cameras in Ontario were in vans. I saw them on smaller highways but not expressways (maybe they were there too but I didn't see them). They were also killed as they were pretending they were safety but used them for revenue.
I haven't researched the surveillance cameras in the UK but get the impression they are part of a massive complex. Most are private and estimates range in the millions. The country seems to be evenly split between pro and con with privacy acceptance.The contracts are between municipalities and providers. Not douggies bill.
IIRC Brampton built a processing centre and is a service provider to other municipalities. That's part of the reason Brown is pushing so hard. He gets all the money from Brampton cameras and cut of other municipalities too.
These crime cameras will be a fail. Either the bad guys shoot them on the way in or more likely they are in stolen cars/plates anyway so almost no useful information will be obtained. Sure, it may help the cops know they are looking for a black BMW sooner but barring a miracle, that doesn't help find the perpetrators.
On the small chance they do affect the bad stuff, the effect is moving over slightly to avoid the camera. Rarely is the bad behaviour actually stopped.From my experience with camera'd environments... They do little to prevent anything.
They just witness and record what happened.
The bad stuff still happened.
Why?Red light cameras should be the next on the choppin block
Or like mentioned, roundabouts. thing with red light cameras they are not in busy intersections, or not in my area although they have three or four with in 5k from my houseRed light cameras seem to prevent idiots from turning left on the red, holding up traffic on the opposite direction when it's green.
or that guy who trails a slow moving tractor trail making the left.
When the politicians drop the speed limit 30% or more below the design speed and install cameras, you are technically breaking the law but it is purely a money game. Roads shpuld stay at their design speed as that is the speed people naturally drive. If politicians want vehicles to slow down, change the road design and it happens with almost 100% effectiveness. They don't want vehicles to slow down, they want more money to waste.Cameras (red light or speed) only penalize the law breakers. I'm good with them.
There's no "cash cow" if people obey the laws. Lots of whinning over nothing.