What a difference not having a Constitution makes. Britain's senior traffic policeman (a far more powerful position than it sounds) is planning a national surveillance network to keep tabs on every car, everywhere. He's calling for the placement of cameras every 400 yards on highways and at supermarkets, gas stations and in town centers by late 2006. Data from the cameras — as many as 50 million number plates daily — would be gathered in Big Bro's national data bank and stored for two years. It's also planned that the cameras would enforce "variable" speed limits based on road conditions. Pistonheads says it could be "one of the most pervasive surveillance systems on the planet." (Oh, and keep an eye on the courts, kiddies. Our own "right to privacy" is dependent on case law.)
Pervasive surveillance imminent as national database fires up to watch us all [Pistonheads]
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