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[Nickbat]

PLANS to install CCTV cameras recording sound and video in all Oxford’s taxis have sparked a civil liberties debate.

The plans, as revealed in Monday’s Oxford Mail, will see all conversations recorded as well as video footage from the moment the key is turned in the ignition until 30 minutes after the car is switched off.

http://www.oxfordtimes.co.uk/news/yourtown/oxford/9365114.Taxi_CCTV_story_sparks_UK_debate/?ref=twtrec

How long before all cabs get this? How long before we're watched...and listened to...24/7?

 

[Vamps]

PLANS to install CCTV cameras recording sound and video in all Oxford’s taxis have sparked a civil liberties debate.

The plans, as revealed in Monday’s Oxford Mail, will see all conversations recorded as well as video footage from the moment the key is turned in the ignition until 30 minutes after the car is switched off.

http://www.oxfordtimes.co.uk/news/yourtown/oxford/9365114.Taxi_CCTV_story_sparks_UK_debate/?ref=twtrec

How long before all cabs get this? How long before we're watched...and listened to...24/7?
 

And have the Nanny State take over everything we do...........2014 is my guess, Orwell was right just 30 years out...

[millwall]

on the other side though plenty of cabbies get robbed etc  may deter it

[the alarming man]

quite a few of cabs down here have it already...got nothing to hide and you are catching a cab to have a night out...wheres the problem

[millwall]

they need the for the cabs in london   they can play the footage back to the cabbies so they can listen to the old sh1t they prattle on about      and before anyone starts thats not all cabbies

[Sir Tigger KC]

Nothing to do subversive conversations, it's all about catching the smokers!! 

[millwall]

Nothing to do subversive conversations, it's all about catching the smokers!! 

 

[Nickbat]

on the other side though plenty of cabbies get robbed etc  may deter it

Yep, spot on. In fact, I think they need to install CCTV in very car to see whether you have exceeded the speed limit, or committed an action of "road rage". They could also use it to check if you have halted on double yellow lines. In fact, they could install CCTV on your head to make sure you never utter a word which could be construed as sexist or racist. They should also install CCTV in your home to ensure that you do not smack your children (child abuse) or light up a ciggie in the kitchen (crimes against humanity). In fact, I think they should hard-wire our brains (with wireless satellite communication) to ensure we don't think have any thoughts that are not approved.

 

[millwall]

on the other side though plenty of cabbies get robbed etc  may deter it

Yep, spot on. In fact, I think they need to install CCTV in very car to see whether you have exceeded the speed limit, or committed an action of "road rage". They could also use it to check if you have halted on double yellow lines. In fact, they could install CCTV on your head to make sure you never utter a word which could be construed as sexist or racist. They should also install CCTV in your home to ensure that you do not smack your children (child abuse) or light up a ciggie in the kitchen (crimes against humanity). In fact, I think they should hard-wire our brains (with wireless satellite communication) to ensure we don't think have any thoughts that are not approved.

 

behave nick if they did that id be doing a 20 stretch within a day

[Webby the Bear]

if you aint gonna commit a felony you aint going to have it used against you 

[Nickbat]

if you aint gonna commit a felony you aint going to have it used against you 

Spot on, Webby.

I never, ever, break a law...or even bye-law. What do I have to worry about? 

[Del Boy]

Our Taxis have Cameras in them, that's how the person who robbed us was caught originally 

[Omega32E]

Will be the same story here, the idea being sold to us and on the surface seems good. The problem here is what comes further down the line and slowly but surely they begin to use the same equipment for other purposes and before you know it you are under constant observation for everything you do or say.

[MaxV6]

i'd rather they wer epointed at the drivers and forwards./...     to see how bloody awful their driving is.....    and how much time they spend on their phones while driving.....    blooody dangerous lunatics most of them....

[cleggy]

Why can't the camera be connected to the meter?  So that when the cab is working it can be monitored, and when it is in private use, like taking the cabbies kids to school it stays private.