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May 10, 2005
Common Sense and Privacy
KnoxNews: Traffic:
A story on the traffic monitoring system for Knoxville provides some clear insights into handling law enforcement and privacy issues with traffic cameras.
Despite the plethora of cameras that can be swung around 360 degrees, TDOT officials emphasize they are not spying on motorists and will not use the system for law enforcement. Dahlinger said TDOT doesn't record the camera images. "We don't record anything because, if we did, we'd be bombarded with requests from attorneys for videos of crashes," he said.
Knoxville also has a policy on personal or corporate messages on traffic message boards. "It can't be bought"
Posted by rshah at May 10, 2005 02:36 PM
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