Welcome to Big Brother
This work is about the surveillance on the highways and streets of America today. Besides keeping the American people under the eye of the camera, many, many cities are using red-light cameras to bring charges against motorists. These cameras are owned and set up by private companies, some of which are foreign owned. The cities are happy with the arrangement, for they have no investment whatsoever but reap huge rewards.
And, the poor driver? Who can argue against a photo, no matter how deceitful that photo might be? Also, how can who call a camera to the stand and cross-examine it, as required by the US Constitution? Of course, that cannot be done, so the cities do not bring a criminal charge. The driver is hit for on a civil charge. That way, the Constitutional protection of questioning the accuser does not apply.
Catching by cameras is called photo enforcement. This story covers the life of a young man involved in such work. He is an employee with a company that sets up the red-light photo cameras in whatever city has contracted with his company. The young man is honest, and he is repulsed by the illegal system. But, the cities and the CEO of the company love the business.
Finally, a computer engineer is given a citation, and he decides to contest the accuracy of the photo ticket. The engineer is highly qualified and, in the courtroom, shows the company CEO and the city manager to be liars and crooks, interested only in the money brought in by the cameras. Then, the city council votes to do away with the cameras.
This work also quotes from a Congressional hearing held several years ago on red-light cameras. The conclusion of the hearings was that the real objective was money, not traffic safety, as touted by city officials. Also, Majority leader Dick Armey put out a work that shows the same thing: the whole objective is s imply to make money. Finally, Welcome to Big Brother uses information from an engineering study contracted by the Federal Highway Administration. That study found that simply a 2-second longer yellow light time would eliminate almost all red-light running.
This work shows the insatiable hunger for money, as shown by the red-light cameras. But, it also notes the information recorded by the highway and street surveillance cameras. The reader will be strongly reminded of George Orwell's very well known book 1984.
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And, the poor driver? Who can argue against a photo, no matter how deceitful that photo might be? Also, how can who call a camera to the stand and cross-examine it, as required by the US Constitution? Of course, that cannot be done, so the cities do not bring a criminal charge. The driver is hit for on a civil charge. That way, the Constitutional protection of questioning the accuser does not apply.
Catching by cameras is called photo enforcement. This story covers the life of a young man involved in such work. He is an employee with a company that sets up the red-light photo cameras in whatever city has contracted with his company. The young man is honest, and he is repulsed by the illegal system. But, the cities and the CEO of the company love the business.
Finally, a computer engineer is given a citation, and he decides to contest the accuracy of the photo ticket. The engineer is highly qualified and, in the courtroom, shows the company CEO and the city manager to be liars and crooks, interested only in the money brought in by the cameras. Then, the city council votes to do away with the cameras.
This work also quotes from a Congressional hearing held several years ago on red-light cameras. The conclusion of the hearings was that the real objective was money, not traffic safety, as touted by city officials. Also, Majority leader Dick Armey put out a work that shows the same thing: the whole objective is s imply to make money. Finally, Welcome to Big Brother uses information from an engineering study contracted by the Federal Highway Administration. That study found that simply a 2-second longer yellow light time would eliminate almost all red-light running.
This work shows the insatiable hunger for money, as shown by the red-light cameras. But, it also notes the information recorded by the highway and street surveillance cameras. The reader will be strongly reminded of George Orwell's very well known book 1984.
Welcome to Big Brother
This work is about the surveillance on the highways and streets of America today. Besides keeping the American people under the eye of the camera, many, many cities are using red-light cameras to bring charges against motorists. These cameras are owned and set up by private companies, some of which are foreign owned. The cities are happy with the arrangement, for they have no investment whatsoever but reap huge rewards.
And, the poor driver? Who can argue against a photo, no matter how deceitful that photo might be? Also, how can who call a camera to the stand and cross-examine it, as required by the US Constitution? Of course, that cannot be done, so the cities do not bring a criminal charge. The driver is hit for on a civil charge. That way, the Constitutional protection of questioning the accuser does not apply.
Catching by cameras is called photo enforcement. This story covers the life of a young man involved in such work. He is an employee with a company that sets up the red-light photo cameras in whatever city has contracted with his company. The young man is honest, and he is repulsed by the illegal system. But, the cities and the CEO of the company love the business.
Finally, a computer engineer is given a citation, and he decides to contest the accuracy of the photo ticket. The engineer is highly qualified and, in the courtroom, shows the company CEO and the city manager to be liars and crooks, interested only in the money brought in by the cameras. Then, the city council votes to do away with the cameras.
This work also quotes from a Congressional hearing held several years ago on red-light cameras. The conclusion of the hearings was that the real objective was money, not traffic safety, as touted by city officials. Also, Majority leader Dick Armey put out a work that shows the same thing: the whole objective is s imply to make money. Finally, Welcome to Big Brother uses information from an engineering study contracted by the Federal Highway Administration. That study found that simply a 2-second longer yellow light time would eliminate almost all red-light running.
This work shows the insatiable hunger for money, as shown by the red-light cameras. But, it also notes the information recorded by the highway and street surveillance cameras. The reader will be strongly reminded of George Orwell's very well known book 1984.
And, the poor driver? Who can argue against a photo, no matter how deceitful that photo might be? Also, how can who call a camera to the stand and cross-examine it, as required by the US Constitution? Of course, that cannot be done, so the cities do not bring a criminal charge. The driver is hit for on a civil charge. That way, the Constitutional protection of questioning the accuser does not apply.
Catching by cameras is called photo enforcement. This story covers the life of a young man involved in such work. He is an employee with a company that sets up the red-light photo cameras in whatever city has contracted with his company. The young man is honest, and he is repulsed by the illegal system. But, the cities and the CEO of the company love the business.
Finally, a computer engineer is given a citation, and he decides to contest the accuracy of the photo ticket. The engineer is highly qualified and, in the courtroom, shows the company CEO and the city manager to be liars and crooks, interested only in the money brought in by the cameras. Then, the city council votes to do away with the cameras.
This work also quotes from a Congressional hearing held several years ago on red-light cameras. The conclusion of the hearings was that the real objective was money, not traffic safety, as touted by city officials. Also, Majority leader Dick Armey put out a work that shows the same thing: the whole objective is s imply to make money. Finally, Welcome to Big Brother uses information from an engineering study contracted by the Federal Highway Administration. That study found that simply a 2-second longer yellow light time would eliminate almost all red-light running.
This work shows the insatiable hunger for money, as shown by the red-light cameras. But, it also notes the information recorded by the highway and street surveillance cameras. The reader will be strongly reminded of George Orwell's very well known book 1984.
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| BN ID: | 2940148377696 |
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| Publisher: | Aladdin Publishing |
| Publication date: | 07/14/2013 |
| Sold by: | Barnes & Noble |
| Format: | eBook |
| File size: | 497 KB |
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