CCTV EVERYWHERE IN LONDON

Have you noticed how many CCTV cameras there are on the average London
train, bus - double / single decker, tram, Underground train? I
counted those on a single decker in London recently and came to about
SEVEN inside - actually there are 10 on some including one at the
front looking at the traffic ahead, one at the side looking at
pedestrians boarding, and one in the driver's cab. There must be about
12 on a double decker. And on trains and Underground there seems to be
equal coverage in every carriage. And that is to say nothing of the
thousands of cameras on the street.

However the CCTV cameras in buses are not used to monitor driver
behaviour such as not stopping at bus stops even when there are seats
available, driving eratically (usually with the left foot up on the
dash with the left elbow resting on the left knee and only driving
with the right hand and right foot), and/or not stopping to pick up
mothers with prams or those in wheelchairs (when was the last time
anyone saw a wheelchair user on a bus in London).

And it seems that the train / bus companies do not even use the
footage to monitor the appalling cattle-truck over-crowding that many
services are subject to even at weekends.

Yet we are heading rapidly for the Olympics / ParaOlympics. Public
transport in London is going to have to greatly improve if the
thousands (millions?) of extra visitors are going to be properly
catered for.

Sending the drivers and other staff on 'smile and be nice' customer
service courses would be a start.

SB.

On Apr 17, 12:48*am, SB wrote:
I am a troll. Be inflamed by my ire with the world. Go on, I dare ya.

Thanks, but no thanks.

On 17 Apr, 00:48, SB wrote:

Sending the drivers and other staff on 'smile and be nice' customer
service courses would be a start.

Sending you on a "shut up and bugger off" course would be an excellent
continuation.

On Apr 17, 12:48*am, SB wrote:
CCTV EVERYWHERE IN LONDON

Have you noticed how many CCTV cameras there are on the average London
train, bus - double / single decker, tram, Underground train? I
counted those on a single decker in London recently and came to about
SEVEN inside [...]

Studying CCTV cameras? Isn't that the kind of behaviour that marks you
as a terrorist these days?
http://www.met.police.uk/campaigns/c..._road_cctv.pdf

SB wrote:

However the CCTV cameras in buses are not used to monitor driver
behaviour such as not stopping at bus stops even when there are seats
available, driving eratically (usually with the left foot up on the
dash with the left elbow resting on the left knee and only driving
with the right hand and right foot)


With automatic transmission, there are only two pedals, both of which
have to be operated using the right foot. So what was your point again?

On Fri, 17 Apr 2009 10:40:14 +0100
Tony Polson wrote:
With automatic transmission, there are only two pedals, both of which
have to be operated using the right foot. So what was your point again?

They don't have to be - left foot braking with an auto can be quite useful
for making a quick getaway at the lights!

B2003

Have you noticed how many CCTV cameras there are on the average London
train, bus - double / single decker, tram, Underground train? I
counted those on a single decker in London recently and came to about
SEVEN inside [...]

Studying CCTV cameras? Isn't that the kind of behaviour that marks you
as a terrorist these days?
http://www.met.police.uk/campaigns/c..._road_cctv.pdf

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I wonder if the photographer who took this photo was reported for taking
photos of young girls? ;-)

How far, exactly is this "Spy on your neighbour" expected to go? Isn't that
how the Communists and the Nazis et al kept tabs on their citizens and
maintained a state of fear?

Just asking, not making any judgements.


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Cheers.

Roger T.
See the GER at: -
http://www.islandnet.com/~rogertra/

Of course Sir,but the best one it's the webcam in my
website : www.robertoner.tk live from my girlfriend
bathroom , in Marylebone, Central London.
Enjoy it !
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CCTV EVERYWHERE IN LONDON

Have you noticed how many CCTV cameras there are on the average London
train, bus - double / single decker, tram, Underground train? I
counted those on a single decker in London recently and came to about
SEVEN inside - actually there are 10 on some including one at the
front looking at the traffic ahead, one at the side looking at
pedestrians boarding, and one in the driver's cab. There must be about
12 on a double decker. And on trains and Underground there seems to be
equal coverage in every carriage. And that is to say nothing of the
thousands of cameras on the street.

However the CCTV cameras in buses are not used to monitor driver
behaviour such as not stopping at bus stops even when there are seats
available, driving eratically (usually with the left foot up on the
dash with the left elbow resting on the left knee and only driving
with the right hand and right foot), and/or not stopping to pick up
mothers with prams or those in wheelchairs (when was the last time
anyone saw a wheelchair user on a bus in London).

And it seems that the train / bus companies do not even use the
footage to monitor the appalling cattle-truck over-crowding that many
services are subject to even at weekends.

Yet we are heading rapidly for the Olympics / ParaOlympics. Public
transport in London is going to have to greatly improve if the
thousands (millions?) of extra visitors are going to be properly
catered for.

Sending the drivers and other staff on 'smile and be nice' customer
service courses would be a start.

SB.

wrote:
On Fri, 17 Apr 2009 10:40:14 +0100
Tony Polson wrote:
With automatic transmission, there are only two pedals, both of which
have to be operated using the right foot. So what was your point again?

They don't have to be - left foot braking with an auto can be quite useful
for making a quick getaway at the lights!


You've tried that in a bus, then?

Tony Polson wrote:
wrote:
On Fri, 17 Apr 2009 10:40:14 +0100
Tony Polson wrote:
With automatic transmission, there are only two pedals, both of
which have to be operated using the right foot. So what was your
point again?

They don't have to be - left foot braking with an auto can be quite
useful for making a quick getaway at the lights!


You've tried that in a bus, then?

You could try it in an empty bus!