CCTV in City Square

Steve Jones · Post by **Steve Jones** » Thu 26 Nov, 2009 6:51 pm

Not like your photo chameleon,this one is fixed on a pole that in turn is badly lashed to the lamp.I don't have a camera and don't use mobile phones so if anyone happens to be wandering around city square perhaps you could look.I haven't been in Leeds for the past 2 days and won't be back there till monday working so I don't know if the thing is still up there.

Chrism · Post by **Chrism** » Thu 26 Nov, 2009 6:54 pm

Phill_dvsn wrote: cnosni wrote: Steve Jones wrote: Last night I was sitting in the bus shelter on City square in front of Wokmania waiting for my bus home.My attention was drawn to what appeared to be at first an map left by a lamppost.I then realised that it was actually a power supply to a CCTV camera mounted on a short pole lashed not very securely to one of the lamp standards near the Black Prince monument. the camera was facing towards Park Row.I haven't noticed this before and it doesn't look like the usual ones set up by the council.anyone spotted it or any more like it?I don't think it has been there long. I put it there Steve,thers a Pagan Moot happening at Bagel Nash I'm sure there is a site with City Cam real time views. City square is/was one of them, Bridgewater place construction was another.Do you it think it could have been one of these Steve? Anyone know of the link to this site please?

Diesel Dave · Post by **Diesel Dave** » Thu 26 Nov, 2009 7:14 pm

It is leeds travel infoclick on cctvlocal/motorwaylocal gives you approx 15 screens from leeds and around town

Brandy · Post by **Brandy** » Thu 26 Nov, 2009 8:03 pm

Phill_dvsn wrote: Steve Jones wrote: It might be Phil,it looks rather amateurish the way it is set up at present. Erm.. Interesting then. Maybe a photo of said dodgy piece of amateurish kit might help Alright mate, how you doing my old pal?ps/steve,them there cameras are also on the headrow.I think there some kind of ANPR jobbies to catch naughty drivers and the likepps/heres the traffic cam link,i posted this on here last year.Its a brilliant little site for checking up on the roads before you set off on a morning.http://snipurl.com/tfeyq

sirjohn · Post by **sirjohn** » Thu 26 Nov, 2009 9:26 pm

I noticed these on Tuesday. there are two on lower briggate. one looking up from the viaduct pub and one looking down from nandos. they look like they will come down in a high wind.I'm not sure whether the box at the bottom is for batteries or a tape

Post by **tyke bhoy** » Thu 26 Nov, 2009 9:45 pm

Steve Jones wrote: Not like your photo chameleon,this one is fixed on a pole that in turn is badly lashed to the lamp.I don't have a camera and don't use mobile phones so if anyone happens to be wandering around city square perhaps you could look.I haven't been in Leeds for the past 2 days and won't be back there till monday working so I don't know if the thing is still up there. Have to slightly disagree Steve. The camera is a deadringer for that but it is mounted on what resembles a giant telescopic radio aerial that as you say is amateurishly lashed to a lamp post with a metal case padlocked at the bottom

Steve Jones · Post by **Steve Jones** » Thu 26 Nov, 2009 9:57 pm

It was the way it was set up I thought was different Tyke bhoy .I agree that the camera itself is similiar.

Post by **chameleon** » Thu 26 Nov, 2009 10:37 pm

Brandy wrote: Phill_dvsn wrote: Steve Jones wrote: It might be Phil,it looks rather amateurish the way it is set up at present. Erm.. Interesting then. Maybe a photo of said dodgy piece of amateurish kit might help Alright mate, how you doing my old pal?ps/steve,them there cameras are also on the headrow.I think there some kind of ANPR jobbies to catch naughty drivers and the likepps/heres the traffic cam link,i posted this on here last year.Its a brilliant little site for checking up on the roads before you set off on a morning.http://snipurl.com/tfeyq Yes that was my comment above carefully pointed one at each approaching lane - they disappeared for while but they're back again.

Whyme · Post by **Whyme** » Thu 26 Nov, 2009 11:47 pm

The temp. cameras are used to monitor traffic flow.They are part of the traffic census.They are part of a wider traffic census plan.For the last several months leeds city council and uk government have been monitoring traffic flow/ congestion in and around leeds, with a view of bringing in a congestion charge.If anyone remembers back a few years to when the south of leeds was set up with a congestion charge zone, which was a trial version ie. no one was charged a fee.Several vehicles where part of the trail and the rest of us was just monitored to see the out come of the trial.The out come was the central government put the roll out of the congestion charge on hold for a few years.Now they are testing the water again, before rolling out the dreaded congestion charge to us mugs.Lets hope it fails.

Steve Jones · Post by **Steve Jones** » Fri 27 Nov, 2009 12:15 am

well if it is to do with bringing in a congestion charge,maybe someone should drop a line to the YEP so the good people of Leeds get a chance to comment?might make the powers that be think again!