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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.