[vidarh]

Most cameras in the UK are private, rarely working well, and usually not networked or easily accessible to the police. It could be better, but the idea of the UK as a surveillance state is seriously overblown outside of maybe a handful of streets.

[phantompeace]

Don’t forget ANPRs that can track your vehicle all around the country. Doesn’t even have to cross paths with a police car - they’re at most major junctions and all over the motorway

[fennecbutt]

Good. But still doesn't stop the absolute fkwits doing 110mph around the m25 every day; how they get away with it I have no idea.

[1attice]

Because you can't boil a frog by starting at 100°C.

You introduce the surveillance as a way of mitigating extreme, rare occurrences, like terrorism.

You gradually make it common to use when solving major crimes, like murders.

Only then do you start tracking down traffic infractions.

Doctorow calls this the 'Shitty Technology Adoption Curve' https://pluralistic.net/2022/08/21/great-taylors-ghost/