LONG renowned as a venue for film making North Wales will shortly be fitting its parking wardens with head cameras, presumably to film irate motorists after being ticketed for parking in the wrong place, at the wrong time, for too long and..well, just about anything that contravenes the long list of proscribed places and times on the Highways regulations.
Motorists have long been seen as an easy target; the fact they have a car is usually considered evidence that they're solvent, but the camera culture is growing, and not just with traffic wardens. Video cameras have never been as cheap and reliable as they are now, and insurance companies are starting to offer significant discounts for drivers who have them fitted in their cars to monitor their driving, householders who fit them to their houses to monitor intruders and the Police have been using them routinely for years. They provide a useful source of evidence in any confrontational situations and are now becoming so tiny they can be used at work to gather information about bullying bosses and usurping underlings.
Wonder if there's downside to everything being videoed all the time?
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