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| Author: | Brummie Cabbie [ Thu Jun 09, 2011 11:49 am ] |
| Post subject: | Scarborough cabs to have £550 CCTV systems fitted |
Scarborough taxi drivers caught on camera 8:49am Thursday 9th June 2011 Taxi drivers in a North Yorkshire town could soon be filmed on their journeys thanks to CCTV in their cars. Scarborough Borough Council’s licensing committee is set to review a new policy requested by drivers in an attempt to protect them from attacks from passengers. It sets out strict conditions for the use of CCTV in Hackney carriage vehicles and private hire transport and states all cameras must store footage which only the council and the police will be able to see. The cameras will cost drivers about £550 to install and the council’s licensing committee has been recommended to approve the policy. Source; http://www.gazetteherald.co.uk/news/907 ... on_camera/ |
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| Author: | Stinky Pete [ Fri Jun 10, 2011 3:55 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Scarborough cabs to have £550 CCTV systems fitted |
Brummie Cabbie wrote: Scarborough taxi drivers caught on camera
8:49am Thursday 9th June 2011 Taxi drivers in a North Yorkshire town could soon be filmed on their journeys thanks to CCTV in their cars. Scarborough Borough Council’s licensing committee is set to review a new policy requested by drivers in an attempt to protect them from attacks from passengers. It sets out strict conditions for the use of CCTV in Hackney carriage vehicles and private hire transport and states all cameras must store footage which only the council and the police will be able to see. The cameras will cost drivers about £550 to install and the council’s licensing committee has been recommended to approve the policy. Source; http://www.gazetteherald.co.uk/news/907 ... on_camera/ there is no safe system of cctv, only police/council access to cctv footage, there is software on the internet to crack any system |
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| Author: | Sussex [ Fri Jun 10, 2011 7:06 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Scarborough cabs to have £550 CCTV systems fitted |
Stinky Pete wrote: there is no safe system of cctv, only police/council access to cctv footage, there is software on the internet to crack any system
If it stops drivers being killed, then I would say they are all safe. |
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| Author: | Nemisis [ Fri Jun 10, 2011 7:28 am ] |
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A £5 dummy camera then would do the deterrent job just as well. A £350 camera would also do the job just as well. The chosen for us cameras have facility to spy on the drivers lifestyle, this is against basic human rights. Why then are the trade forced to buy from chosen suppliers at extorted prices just to satisfy council snooping? |
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| Author: | grandad [ Fri Jun 10, 2011 8:12 am ] |
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Nemisis wrote: A £5 dummy camera then would do the deterrent job just as well.
A £350 camera would also do the job just as well. The chosen for us cameras have facility to spy on the drivers lifestyle, this is against basic human rights. Why then are the trade forced to buy from chosen suppliers at extorted prices just to satisfy council snooping? The council don't have automatic access to the content of the system. the only time that the system would be viewed would be following an incident. This would be instigated by either the driver or a passenger who has a complaint. |
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| Author: | Nidge [ Fri Jun 10, 2011 9:37 am ] |
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The ones we used to have could only be accessed by the CCTV control room employees in a controlled environment. |
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| Author: | Nemisis [ Fri Jun 10, 2011 3:55 pm ] |
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If there is to be no access to images by the driver (who coincidently has paid through the nose for the thing) then on a driver complaining, if police or council cannot be asked they will have the same response as with the street cameras, not working, wrong angles wrong light...etc etc. Be sure all will be working 100% if its the driver in the frame. As Skull said, we have no rights, we are manipulated and abused on the whims of our regulators. This is just another nail in the coffin under the guise of driver protection. |
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| Author: | Nemisis [ Fri Jun 10, 2011 3:59 pm ] |
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Midlander wrote: The ones we used to have could only be accessed by the CCTV control room employees in a controlled environment.
The same control room that never sees the thug that kicks your Taxi and causes £300 worth of damage? |
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| Author: | Nemisis [ Fri Jun 10, 2011 4:08 pm ] |
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grandad wrote: Nemisis wrote: A £5 dummy camera then would do the deterrent job just as well. A £350 camera would also do the job just as well. The chosen for us cameras have facility to spy on the drivers lifestyle, this is against basic human rights. Why then are the trade forced to buy from chosen suppliers at extorted prices just to satisfy council snooping? The council don't have automatic access to the content of the system. the only time that the system would be viewed would be following an incident. This would be instigated by either the driver or a passenger who has a complaint. My point here was that the cost of the cameras is sky high to ensure they are turned on all the time and cannot be tampered...and its us that have to pay for it when there are equally capable systems around at a fraction of the cost. We are treated as automatically criminal and have to pay the price ourselves. I am quite certain that any driver complaint will not have the same dedication to follow up as a complaint against the driver by malicious punters. |
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