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Further to the legislation adopted by the UK Government, after taking legal advice form the European High Court, which is that all new cars registered after January 1st 2014 will be installed with speed limiters, specifically the mandatory type models, the latest European dictate will also be adopted which directly impacts on personal identity.
The Mandatory type speed limiters work with cameras mounted on the vehicle which read the road signs dictating the required speed limit. Driving in excess of the speed limit, regardless of the circumstances, is rendered impossible as the car automatically prevents speed incursions.
The technology for reading the speed signs is not new, cameras have been able to 'read' the view ahead for years and in terms of cameras for photography 'face recognition' has been employed in cameras for a long time.
Jakob Spearhead from the Home Office spoke to us in a recent interview:
"Essentially we are specifically interested in ensuring that, so as to maintain a high degree of personal privacy for the population, that only authorised agencies have photographic records of the population. It has been of enormous concern for us over the last 100 years or so that so many individuals possess images which impose on other individual's privacy. Indeed, it has also come to light that there are very concerning ramifications for individuals who create 'self shot' photographic images of themselves, thereby imposing on their own personal privacy. At face value, it may seem incongruous, but the long term social concern that these images create have the effect of making the population very nervous. The Europeon Directive on personal privacy means that all cameras must have face recognition permanently turned on. When a potential image has an individuals face in it, the camera will turn itself off, thereby preventing an instant of personal privacy infringement. Landscape photography is unaffected, however we are looking at the impact on animal privacy so it may be the case that expert opinion deems landscape photography as a high risk animal privacy infringement ."
When challenged that this in itself impacted on the individual's personal freedom and the individual's ability to make a choice Mr Spearhead laughed and added,
"Nooo. No. No. Of course not. It is the removal of choice and all responsibility that in effect frees the individual. We only have the individual's interests and personal safety at heart."
Asked as to how this new legislation would affect the photographic industry Mr Spearhead finished by saying that
"Well, we don't think it will be detrimental, it just means that you won't be able to photograph people. If there is a downturn in sales, then maybe camera manufacturers could look at the purely ornamental markets, designing lovely looking cameras, dummy ones obviously, which could be worn as a fashion accessory. However, we do think that the safety of the individual outweighs any detrimental affect on any business sector"
The Mandatory type speed limiters work with cameras mounted on the vehicle which read the road signs dictating the required speed limit. Driving in excess of the speed limit, regardless of the circumstances, is rendered impossible as the car automatically prevents speed incursions.
The technology for reading the speed signs is not new, cameras have been able to 'read' the view ahead for years and in terms of cameras for photography 'face recognition' has been employed in cameras for a long time.
Jakob Spearhead from the Home Office spoke to us in a recent interview:
"Essentially we are specifically interested in ensuring that, so as to maintain a high degree of personal privacy for the population, that only authorised agencies have photographic records of the population. It has been of enormous concern for us over the last 100 years or so that so many individuals possess images which impose on other individual's privacy. Indeed, it has also come to light that there are very concerning ramifications for individuals who create 'self shot' photographic images of themselves, thereby imposing on their own personal privacy. At face value, it may seem incongruous, but the long term social concern that these images create have the effect of making the population very nervous. The Europeon Directive on personal privacy means that all cameras must have face recognition permanently turned on. When a potential image has an individuals face in it, the camera will turn itself off, thereby preventing an instant of personal privacy infringement. Landscape photography is unaffected, however we are looking at the impact on animal privacy so it may be the case that expert opinion deems landscape photography as a high risk animal privacy infringement ."
When challenged that this in itself impacted on the individual's personal freedom and the individual's ability to make a choice Mr Spearhead laughed and added,
"Nooo. No. No. Of course not. It is the removal of choice and all responsibility that in effect frees the individual. We only have the individual's interests and personal safety at heart."
Asked as to how this new legislation would affect the photographic industry Mr Spearhead finished by saying that
"Well, we don't think it will be detrimental, it just means that you won't be able to photograph people. If there is a downturn in sales, then maybe camera manufacturers could look at the purely ornamental markets, designing lovely looking cameras, dummy ones obviously, which could be worn as a fashion accessory. However, we do think that the safety of the individual outweighs any detrimental affect on any business sector"
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