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    Big Brother is watching you
    September 10th, 2007 at 12:03

    This is slightly creepy. After logging on to the council website to pay my parking fine, I put the details on the ticket in, and I was given the option to “view evidence”. It turns out that the traffic warden has been taking photos of my car. I didn’t realise they could do that. Whilst this is arguably a massive invasion of privacy and yet another sign that a surveillance culture is turning modern society into an Orwellian nightmare, it also has an upside: I get to post action photos of the actual thrilling event.

    The amazing thing, I think, is that the photographer was the bastard traffic warden himself. With photography skills like these, I wonder if he’s got a Flickr account and is one of the many semi-pro photographers on there who post endless artsy black and white pictures of their pets?

    The back of the car. I blanked out the numberplate just in case any of the people I’ve pissed off have access to the DVLA database and want to hunt me down.
    The parking fine stuck to the car and put underneath the windscreen wiper. He must have took this to prove to his boss that he’s doing his awful job correctly.
    This beautifully framed shot is the Pay & Display sign in the car park. It looks like I should have paid £1.40. Bah.

    I think the lesson here is to pay and display when you park, kids.

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    5 Responses
    1. Griffin
      September 10th, 2007 at 12:20 pm

      They have to do that so when so one (ie YOU) disagree with them, they have photographic proof! (although the attendant has so much free time maybe they have a play on photo shop).

    2. Robert
      September 13th, 2007 at 2:44 am

      one thing that puzzles me is why can’t you see the number plate?

    3. James
      September 13th, 2007 at 2:16 pm

      I deliberately blanked it out on the first picture. On the originally you can see it clearly.

    4. Robert
      September 15th, 2007 at 12:22 am

      I think you mean on the original! Or originally the number plate was in the photo.

    5. CC
      November 26th, 2009 at 1:39 pm

      I am glad they have not gonr this far in the UK!

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