Michael Zimmer.org

information ethics : privacy : new media : values in design : 2.0

Speed Cameras Used To Charge People With Other Crimes

Techdirt points to this (inevitable) example of function creep in the use of traffic cameras:

A motorist who made V-signs [equivalent to the middle finger -mz] at a police speed camera has been convicted of dangerous driving and banned for a year.

Sean Toehill, 21, took both hands off the steering wheel to make the gesture, although…he was not speeding and did not lose control…


Related posts: (automatically generated)

  1. How to Make Traffic Cameras Respect Privacy
  2. Ubiquitous Cameras & Privacy in Public
  3. Function Creep 101: Surveillance Cameras and Social Norms

Leave a Response