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Don't forget the incredible posters that used to be up in London! http://soerenkern.com/web/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/uk-met1.jpg http://soerenkern.com/web/wp

by tazjin 2y ago

Don't forget the incredible posters that used to be up in London! http://soerenkern.com/web/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/uk-met1.jpg http://soerenkern.com/web/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/uk-met1...

moffkalast 2y ago
That's gotta be satire right? Looks straight out of V for Vendetta. I'm really glad the EU just completely banned predictive policing.
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- _joel 2y ago
  It's got a red bus on it, must be one of Boris's...
- tazjin 2y ago
  It's not satire! It really was an official poster campaign (some 20 years ago).
  - ecjhdnc2025 2y ago
    It was an official campaign but it’s worth noting that the satirical element of it is there, deliberately, because we are way, way funnier as a nation. Almost nobody worries about these transport safety cameras because we don’t fear or tolerate overpolicing in the same way. Of course there should be safety cameras on public transport! And if a US tourist was on a night bus in London they too would be happy there were cameras. A nation of drivers has a very different calibration, I suspect.
    - tazjin 2y ago
      I gotta say that I didn't feel very safe on night buses in London, despite the cameras. Besides Brussels, London is the only other city in which I've occasionally felt like I was in danger. It's still a fun city, to be clear, and it probably helps that it isn't a 24/7 city so that you don't end up in weird situations at night too much. In the end the CCTV doesn't actually prevent anything from happening ...
      - ecjhdnc2025 2y ago
        > In the end the CCTV doesn't actually prevent anything from happening ... The question of whether it prevents things from happening is a question of statistics. I suspect the data doesn't support your claim, and that certain categories of crime have indeed been deterred. But neither of us can know without that statistical analysis.

by tazjin 2y ago

Don't forget the incredible posters that used to be up in London! http://soerenkern.com/web/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/uk-met1.jpg http://soerenkern.com/web/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/uk-met1...

moffkalast 2y ago

That's gotta be satire right? Looks straight out of V for Vendetta. I'm really glad the EU just completely banned predictive policing.

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_joel 2y ago
It's got a red bus on it, must be one of Boris's...
tazjin 2y ago
It's not satire! It really was an official poster campaign (some 20 years ago).
- ecjhdnc2025 2y ago
  It was an official campaign but it’s worth noting that the satirical element of it is there, deliberately, because we are way, way funnier as a nation. Almost nobody worries about these transport safety cameras because we don’t fear or tolerate overpolicing in the same way. Of course there should be safety cameras on public transport! And if a US tourist was on a night bus in London they too would be happy there were cameras. A nation of drivers has a very different calibration, I suspect.
  - tazjin 2y ago
    I gotta say that I didn't feel very safe on night buses in London, despite the cameras. Besides Brussels, London is the only other city in which I've occasionally felt like I was in danger. It's still a fun city, to be clear, and it probably helps that it isn't a 24/7 city so that you don't end up in weird situations at night too much. In the end the CCTV doesn't actually prevent anything from happening ...
    - ecjhdnc2025 2y ago
      > In the end the CCTV doesn't actually prevent anything from happening ... The question of whether it prevents things from happening is a question of statistics. I suspect the data doesn't support your claim, and that certain categories of crime have indeed been deterred. But neither of us can know without that statistical analysis.