Posted on 05/03/2005 7:04:42 AM PDT by WoofDog123
Street light cameras, lamp post microphones. I fear for the republic.
Umm... You did catch that this is in Britain, right?
And said microphones will be used to triangulate the origin of the shotgun blast to inplicate you. This, I feel is the real reason for such a system.
Actually, not a bad idea. For there are already noise restrictions in place in many communities regulating the amount of noise that is acceptable when issued from one's motor vehicle.
I think these microphones, used in conjunction with cameras, would be an excellent way to get a handle on the proliferation of morons who drive through many neighborhoods with their subwoofers cranking out well over 100dB.
Car stereo is picked up by a microphone which is attached to electronics set to respond to a specific dB level at specific frequencies...this in turn triggers a camera to capture the offender's license plate and the appropriate mailing is sent out to the owner of the motor vehicle.
They already do much the same thing at stop lights.
Noisy neighbors should be dealt with by neighbors. Nuisances on public roadways should be dealt with by the local constabulary.
Only a matter of time before this shows up on our side of the pond.
Where inthis Post did I implicate myself LOL.
Sorry. My bad. 'Implicate the shooter' would have been more correct.
But...since you have such intimate knowledge of the weapon used...it definitely makes you a 'person of interest'. =;^)
From the article, it appears as though the threshold is set all the way down to "walking loudly" on wooden floors (presumedly indoors).
Sheesh, at that sensitivity level, what happens if a passing dog farts when he stops to pee on the lamp post?
The UK is hip-deep in surveillance cameras, so obviously the next thing to do is get some audio to go with the pictures. Given how much this is must be costing, it would probably be cheaper to surgically implant a GPS, camera, and mic in each citizen.
frighteningly, your comment about bio-implants is about as far into the speculative as the current REAL events were 15 years ago.
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