google streetview uk is live!

[carolen]

A few days ago I was quite surprised, while waiting at traffic lights, to see a Street View car coming round the corner. Maybe I'll get to have my face blurred idc...

[(o)(o)]

Never noticed the Google equipment shadow on Streetview before.

The vehicle is blurred out so they must use a separate camera for that which is blurry bit of a hatchet job.



The following one gives me an idea..

Fuck that "parking attendant" and "stationary camera" shit.

Just cruise round and round in circles with a camera and some double lines and plate recognition software!

£BAM £BAM £BAM parking fine after parking fine, issued and posted to registered owners address...

[Portland]

Never noticed the Google equipment shadow on Streetview before.

The vehicle is blurred out so they must use a separate camera for that which is blurry bit of a hatchet job.



The following one gives me an idea..

Fuck that "parking attendant" and "stationary camera" shit.

Just cruise round and round in circles with a camera and some double lines and plate recognition software!

£BAM £BAM £BAM parking fine after parking fine, issued and posted to registered owners address...

Lot of councils actually did this, got banned last year as there is a requirement to physically attach a ticket (and check someone's not literally paying at a meter, showing blue badge etc.)

[venusian]

The vehicle is blurred out so they must use a separate camera for that which is blurry bit of a hatchet job.

I'd put money on that being a happy accident of the compositing process they use.

[gravy]

Lot of councils actually did this, got banned last year as there is a requirement to physically attach a ticket (and check someone's not literally paying at a meter, showing blue badge etc.)

Parking ticket gun in the works then

[(o)(o)]

I'd put money on that being a happy accident of the compositing process they use.

Maybe. Looking closer, the tripod thingy is duplicated in the fuzzy bit.

Lot of councils actually did this, got banned last year as there is a requirement to physically attach a ticket (and check someone's not literally paying at a meter, showing blue badge etc.)

Yeah they do have to attach the ticket I've casually got in my car and driven off when being written one (he wasn't fast enough) that's lawful. They could change the law though a la tax discs.

[(o)(o)]

Well there it is then....



Bit creepy.

Once the human rights act is a abolished they can do other interesting stuff with mobile cameras.

[IronGiant]

Well there it is then....

But how do the public know if a vehicle has been taxed or not? Tax discs are no longer displayed as the information is computerised. Unless someone wants to look up the registration number online and then report it if necessary.

I'm sure that there will be a lot of false reports seeing as most people will assume that no tax disc = no tax (which isn't necessarily the case).

[(o)(o)]

Posting as an example of a vehicle - DVLA in this case - with four cameras attached running vehicle plate recognition detecting crimes in progress.

edit: this is a council one :



Torys have banned use except around schools and stuff - because they raise money for councils ?

edit 2: yep greedy councils struggling to manage their budgets due to government cuts is the problem :

CCTV spy cars can be seen lurking on every street raking in cash for greedy councils and breaking the rules that clearly state that fines should not be used to generate profit for town halls.

Over-zealous parking enforcement and unreasonable stealth fines by post undermine the high street, push up the cost of living and cost local authorities more in the long term.

Today the government is taking urgently needed action to ban this clear abuse of CCTV, which should be used to catch criminals, and not as a cash cow.

[Portland]

Not had access to the tables for a while now, but there always used to be a very strong link between cars being untaxed and also uninsured and I've got no time for those cunts. A few people may be caught out by the recent changes (no tax carries over when you buy a car from an individual, you have to retax it immediately) but I've got no issue with checking for no tax/insurance out on the road.

[(o)(o)]

Duh only just noticed he's parked on double yellow lines.

[pogo]

Stopped not parked, which may be perfectly legal there. Anyway, Google decided to visit La Tomatina. Reportedly they planned to arrive after the event and capture the tomato strewn streets, but got the schedule a little wrong.

[RiK]

Reportedly they planned to arrive after the event and capture the tomato strewn streets, but got the schedule a little wrong.

Didn't really give the locals carte blanche to act like a bunch of thugs and wreck the car though, did it..

[gumboot]

Well that's what can happen with a crowd of people under the influence of tomato juice.

[pogo]

It was going to get covered in tomatoes like everything else. That alone might have been enough to trash the cameras, but given the crowds it is hardly surprising it ended up with people on top of it, doing even more damage.