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Article #63Re: City Cracks Down on Bike Couriers--pedestrian killed in Manhattan
From: Adrian Brandt
Date: Wed, 26 Nov 1997 00:00
Date: Wed, 26 Nov 1997 00:00
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Jack Dingler wrote: > > Loren Petrich wrote: >> setting up cameras that take pictures of the license plates of >> vehicles that run red lights. > > That's considered an 'Invasion of Privacy'. That sort of system > unfortunately could catch politicians in the act of driving stupid. > It's too impersonal, unforgiving and uncontrollable. You can't > say to a camera, "Sorry about running that red light officer, let > me introduce myself..." Red light cameras have been installed in San Francisco. They've been in use for a long time in Germany. In Los Angeles, they've installed cameras to bust those who drive around lowered railroad crossing gates. So I guess the 'Invasion of Privacy' complaint is not enough to stop camera deployment. -- Adrian Brandt (408) 565-7291 / ab@nt.com
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 112ce4,e25c541ab8c60ca7 X-Google-Attributes: gid112ce4,public X-Google-Thread: 108dbe,e25c541ab8c60ca7 X-Google-Attributes: gid108dbe,public X-Google-Thread: 10e08b,e25c541ab8c60ca7 X-Google-Attributes: gid10e08b,public X-Google-Thread: 100284,e25c541ab8c60ca7 X-Google-Attributes: gid100284,public X-Google-Thread: fd3ff,e25c541ab8c60ca7 X-Google-Attributes: gidfd3ff,public From: Adrian Brandt <ab@nt.com> Subject: Re: City Cracks Down on Bike Couriers--pedestrian killed in Manhattan Date: 1997/11/26 Message-ID: <347CACD0.4048@nt.com> X-Deja-AN: 292996797 References: <971116075308_1482191885@mrin86.mail.aol.com> <3474661d.1097239@nntp.best.ix.netcom.com> <6523fd$8kl$1@news2.alpha.net> <653b6u$4li$1@news.ncal.verio.com> <petrichEK6vnq.9tu@netcom.com> <347C7744.7F41@onramp.net> Organization: Bell Northern Research Newsgroups: ne.transportation,misc.transport.misc,rec.bicycles.soc,ba.transportation,nyc.transit