British motorists face spy-in-sky monitoring

Combination of technologies would be used to manage traffic flow, charge fees in certain areas. Motorists protest vigorously.
Photos: U.K.'s speed cameras

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Big Brother is profitable

If they weren't making pots of money fining citizens in this way, this would never happen. Too bad profit motives have trumped safety motives. If it ain't broke, don't fix it-- unless, of course, "fixing" it results in lots more money. This is basically another way to tax the little guy.

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1984

The Brits think 1984 is an instruction manual. One of the few things Americans can feel good about: no matter how bad things get here, they're probably worse in Europe.

[Had_to_be_said]

Except that...

Actually, ALL of this IS already being planned in the U.S. too. In fact, in many places much of the necessary technologies, and legal-precedence, HAVE already been put in place.

Sadly, when many people began pointing-out, exactly, where all of this was going... they were called "paranoid". Why, these things could, simply, NEVER actually happen, they were told. And, now, that every street-corner in my city has numerous government surveillance-cameras, and street-sensors... and, the Legislators ARE talking about using them to "ticket motorists", and potentially charge perpetual "road-use fees"... the same idiots that called everybody else "paranoid", are now proclaiming that this, simply, HAS TO BE DONE...

For everybodys, own good, of course.