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?

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

Comments(5)

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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