Big Brother Eye Census

    A multi-kilometer traffic jam, an almost disregard for traffic rules and a riotous crop of traffic accidents - this has long become the usual situation on major highways in Moscow and other large cities in the vastness of our former big homeland. It is no secret to anyone that the most effective tool to combat violations of the rules has always been a guarantee of the inevitability of punishment even for the most insignificant, it would seem, misconduct. But putting a guard on every problem section of every highway or avenue is simply impossible. Therefore, abroad, and more recently, in our country, electronic traffic safety tracking systems are increasingly being replaced by traffic cops, which automatically identify violators, determine the penalty and send fines to the car owner by mail.

    There is no doubt about the effectiveness and usefulness of such systems for city life. However, the fact that camcorders can track everyone wherever he goes is a cause for concern for many people and gives a good reason for paranoia. And in our time there are enough reasons for her. Yes, and if you can’t avoid getting into Big Brother’s field of vision, at the very least, I would like to know how far it extends.

    For this purpose, the Video Traffic Police website, which is still in the alpha version, was created . Its main purpose is to serve as a container for a map of the location of the cameras, wherever they are.

    View of one of the cameras
    Admittedly, apart from the actual embodiment of the idea of ​​using the Google Maps API to create an interactive map with markers, there is nothing particularly surprising on the site.

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