House Bill 2110 would end the prohibition on most cameras on interstate highways. The bill, sponsored by Rep. Mark White, R-Memphis, would let the police use the camera for only surveillance purposes, and not for enforcing speed limits or other traffic laws.
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It's not like I travel on freeways much, though. There's not one within 40 miles of my place and last week was the first time I'd traveled on one in 2 or 3 years. Heh.
They say NOW that it won't be used for enforcing speed limits or other traffic laws, but bet the farm that they will eventually.
ReplyDeleteThey pulled the same shit over seat belts here in Florida. They tried for years to pass a seat belt law, amid "I'll buckle when Bundy does" decals, and finally got it when they swore that it would never be used as a primary stop. Fast forward to 09 and $Poof$, primary stop money making racket.
Better change that name from "freeway".
ReplyDeleteThey know for sure you're not from round here if you don't call it an interstate.
The former Republican governor of our northernmost state said that the state "has a right to know who's on its interstate highways" when asked by the press why surveillance camera's were being installed on the interstate there. They've also got them installed in the parking lots of all of the rest stops.
ReplyDeleteCameras, license plate readers, light poles with cameras and recording devices, monitoring of phone calls and all internet traffic, but hey the USA is a free country.
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...and since we're paying for the damned things, shouldn't they be live streaming every one of those cameras so that we can monitor them too? You know because the police would NEVER edit a video to cover up their nefarious behavior.
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For surveillance purposes only? If that is not a camel's nose under the tent statement. No likelihood of po-leece labeling whatever they want as "surveillance." Technological stakeout.
ReplyDeleteThey have them here in La. definitely between new orleans and the Mississippi state line. They tracked a car from Kenner to the state line and back a few years ago, a couple had hustled a stripper from Bourbon St. to go to their house for a party. Turns out they killed her then chopped up her body, put the parts in garbage bags and drove to the beach in Waveland Ms to drop off the parts. The local rag made a big deal of how the cameras tracked their movements along with some of the pictures of their car.
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I had a friend (he died a little over a year ago) who was a retired MDOT cop but was still and active consultant as a firearms expert.
ReplyDeleteHe explained the camera situation in Mississippi to me.
Red light cameras were outlawed statewide several years ago. Only highway patrol and municipalities with over 25,000 population are allowed speed radar. The only sheriffs with radar are the three coastal counties plus Hinds and Rankin (Jackson metro).
Most bridges have cameras with facial recognition and license reader capability. On the interstate you will often see LEO vehicles sitting perpendicular to traffic in the median. They have facial recognition and license reader capability.
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Headed back north from Florida four years ago I spied a camera nestled in a rock out cropping on I-65, south of Nashville. 4 YEARS ago. Damn near invisible.
ReplyDeleteHearing about people who moved From California seeking a better way of life, is seeing that it has followed them to the State they thought would be better than California. Wherever you go, there you are. I'm hearing about it from relatives who moved from CA to TX, and they tell me it's just like California and the reason why they left. I'll stay put, I'm rural, we've had our fair share of disasters since 2017. You can't flee from fires or floods as they happen in every State. Be careful what you wish for, and the grass isn't always greener in Shang-ra-laa. BTW, it will get fixed in ways we never realized. Big businesses and the wealthy are finally leaving San Francisco. There goes their tax revenue base, you flee with your $$ because money does talk. Watch and see. PG&E has been in San Francisco for over 100 years, they are leaving and taking their city tax dollars with them. The wealthy are following suit, I love train wrecks.
ReplyDeleteAs a side note, CCD cameras HATE laser pointers.
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They hate 22 long rifle too.
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