The only cameras that authorities use that I would consider for my safety are body cameras as they stop A LOT of abuse both ways. CCTV can be largely shit unless someone is actually going to act on it before the victim is dead and as said previously speed cameras are just another form of taxation.
The major effect of Body Cameras is to reduce complaints against cops by about 80%.
In general if a cop wants to abuse someone, they do what they always have. Go somewhere quiet, where they are not seen, do something evil, not file any paperwork.
Everyone has a camera in their pocket, and they have for years. Giving cops a clear record has mostly given cops a way to vindicate themselves.
This whole "both sides!" shit, is just bullshit. Mostly cops are honest and doing the job for the right reasons. There are glaring exceptions (the whole of the LA police department was on the take in the 1990s for example) but mostly cops need to protect themselves from the people they arrest.
I don't just mean that way, body cams have pretty much vindicated the opinion that a lot of women aren't suitable to be cops as there is a ton of footage of them unable to do their job without risking someone's life whether the public, themselves or even their partners.
The campaign may reflect popular anger about the proliferation of speed cameras, but road deaths in Italy are higher than in many other European countries.
BBC links to 2012. If you look at 2022, Italy is safer than many EU countries.
The BBc state propaganda cannot accept criticism of mass surveillance
Someone should design a 3D printable spinning pipecutter that you can guide up to a pole, have it latch on and then slowly spin around the pipe until it falls over.
I love this 'SpEeD CaMerAs ArE FoR yOuR SafEty ' line when EVERYONE knows they are just as much a tax on motorists as Toll booths.
The BBC article is probably trying to mentally link these cameras to the ULEZ cameras in the UK.
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SpeedCameras are for your safety!"The only cameras that authorities use that I would consider for my safety are body cameras as they stop A LOT of abuse both ways. CCTV can be largely shit unless someone is actually going to act on it before the victim is dead and as said previously speed cameras are just another form of taxation.
Sigh.
The major effect of Body Cameras is to reduce complaints against cops by about 80%.
In general if a cop wants to abuse someone, they do what they always have. Go somewhere quiet, where they are not seen, do something evil, not file any paperwork.
Everyone has a camera in their pocket, and they have for years. Giving cops a clear record has mostly given cops a way to vindicate themselves.
This whole "both sides!" shit, is just bullshit. Mostly cops are honest and doing the job for the right reasons. There are glaring exceptions (the whole of the LA police department was on the take in the 1990s for example) but mostly cops need to protect themselves from the people they arrest.
I don't just mean that way, body cams have pretty much vindicated the opinion that a lot of women aren't suitable to be cops as there is a ton of footage of them unable to do their job without risking someone's life whether the public, themselves or even their partners.
The hero we deserve.
Police arresting people for speeding is about safety.
Speeding cameras are money making devices, not for safety.
BBC has a disgusting safety fetish.
BBC links to 2012. If you look at 2022, Italy is safer than many EU countries.
The BBc state propaganda cannot accept criticism of mass surveillance
I'm remembering when Top Gear complained about them years ago.
Someone should design a 3D printable spinning pipecutter that you can guide up to a pole, have it latch on and then slowly spin around the pipe until it falls over.
Add a battery and a small motor and you can smack it on a pole, tie a pull wire and be gone before anyone can notice.