PCN Cameras - my observations

Cameras are (almost) everywhere you look and are used to send out over 3,000,000 PCNs in London each year.

Given that the stated aim, as stated by the Secretary of State, of parking (and presumably traffic) enforcement is this:

then one might think that the location and purpose of every traffic camera should be publicised widely.

There are some that Mr Mustard knows about:

 You can look at a sample video it took here

 

You can look at a sample video it took here

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What Mr Mustard has witnessed from TfL is a reluctance to let the public see real detail about the cameras they use. There have been PCN Appeals which have cast doubt upon the certification or approval of various cameras and TfL's approach to this is to try and avoid providing any details of the actual camera used as part of a certified system and there is therefore no way of knowing if they are using the actual equipment which has been certified as a whole with the individual detail hidden away in a technical construction file.

If they, or other enforcement authorities, aren't doing anything wrong they shouldn't be worried about the public seeing that.

Trying to hide the locations of cameras is a bit silly, stand on the street corner, look up and there they are.

Whilst we are here, please stop vandalising cameras, it is a pure waste of money.