British motorists face spy in sky monitoring. Are we next?
Spies in the sky may track motorists in Britain
within a decade.
Spies in the sky may track motorists in Britain within a decade if
the government goes ahead with controversial plans to introduce road user
charging schemes, scientists said
Tuesday.
Monitoring would be via a combination of static cameras to capture license plate details, electronic tags in vehicles that would be read by roadside monitoring stations and global positioning system satellites to read on-board transponders.
My favorite part:
Transport consultant Jack Opiola said the thorny issue of personal data privacy could easily be dealt with by appropriate laws.
Monitoring would be via a combination of static cameras to capture license plate details, electronic tags in vehicles that would be read by roadside monitoring stations and global positioning system satellites to read on-board transponders.
My favorite part:
Transport consultant Jack Opiola said the thorny issue of personal data privacy could easily be dealt with by appropriate laws.
Posted: Wed - May 2, 2007 at 04:12 AM