CCTV in City Square

raveydavey · Post by **raveydavey** » Sat 30 Jan, 2010 6:55 pm

Brandy wrote: There been two more 'suspect' looking ANPR type camerasstrapped to the lamp post at the Shaftesbury lights on york roadJust before the flyover.Dont get me wrong im all for CCTV when its used to catch the bad guys but im not too keen on some computer logging my every move without me even giving my consentThats what will happen when the systems up and running, big brother will know exactly where youve been and at what time you went there.SSSSSCARY SSSSHIT lol There are others in that neighbourhood - there is one outbound literally just past the former Shaftesbury and another on the unrestricted stretch of the Outer Ring Road betwixt the Barwick Road roundabout and the Windmill roundabout. Attached to lamposts, no markings and nothing at all stating what they are for.If they are ANPR all the villans will have to cut through Harehills, Gipton and Seacroft to avoid them....Plus there have been two ANPR type cameras inbound just next to the Windmill Hotel for ages.

Brandy · Post by **Brandy** » Sat 30 Jan, 2010 10:16 pm

all the villans will have to cut through Harehills, Gipton and Seacroft to avoid them........Davey i think the idea might be to catch all the villains coming OUT of Gipton,Seacroft and harehills lol

Post by **tyke bhoy** » Mon 10 Jan, 2011 10:42 pm

Another couple of "mysterious" devices for you but of poor quality as taken from the top deck a moving bus. First up one on the Headrow west bound just past the town hall (does that make it Westgate?). I first noticed this in late November or early December and until closer observation thought it was part of the Christmas lights. It appear to be 3 video cameras on the same pole all with a bright red light showing. ..

Post by **tyke bhoy** » Mon 10 Jan, 2011 10:50 pm

The next one is close to the ne mentioned in the OP of the thread. There are very tall extensions to the top of the pair of traffic lights between park row and city square. It doesn't appear to be cameras and whatever it is at the top is well above the level of the highest vehicle passing through.

MaidenLUFC · Post by **MaidenLUFC** » Sat 22 Jan, 2011 10:32 pm

The CCTV cameras with red lights just below each camera are ANPR cameras AFAIK - to catch tax dodgers and the like. There's some in the "yard" of Millgarth as you come past, pointing at oncoming traffic from the eastgate roundabout.

Post by **tyke bhoy** » Sat 22 Jan, 2011 10:52 pm

MaidenLUFC wrote: The CCTV cameras with red lights just below each camera are ANPR cameras AFAIK - to catch tax dodgers and the like. There's some in the "yard" of Millgarth as you come past, pointing at oncoming traffic from the eastgate roundabout. Isn't 3 in the same place a bit more than belt and braces though?

Post by **chameleon** » Sat 22 Jan, 2011 11:11 pm

tyke bhoy wrote: MaidenLUFC wrote: The CCTV cameras with red lights just below each camera are ANPR cameras AFAIK - to catch tax dodgers and the like. There's some in the "yard" of Millgarth as you come past, pointing at oncoming traffic from the eastgate roundabout. Isn't 3 in the same place a bit more than belt and braces though? Just one for each possible lane.

Post by **tyke bhoy** » Sun 23 Jan, 2011 11:20 am

possibly Chameleon but on the side of the road they are on there is only the one lane at this point. The reverse direction has 3 although one is a bus lane leading to the dedicated bus traffic signal.

Post by **chameleon** » Sun 23 Jan, 2011 11:53 am

tyke bhoy wrote: possibly Chameleon but on the side of the road they are on there is only the one lane at this point. The reverse direction has 3 although one is a bus lane leading to the dedicated bus traffic signal. I'm left unsure of just where they are mounted now. (it is not unusal to put them on to restricted use lanes though - to catch anyone trying to avoid them - wonder if they could also be used to identify those who demonstrate their indifference to the law by thinking the lane/no thoroughfare/bus lanes don't apply to them too?)

Post by **tyke bhoy** » Sun 23 Jan, 2011 3:08 pm

http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?oe=utf-8& ... erestingly it looks like they have been there for some time but I have only seen them because of bright red lights in darkness just after dusk in November/December. They are on the side of a single and totally unrestricted lane heading west from the Headrow to Westgate. I doubt they can be covering the furthest lane in the opposite direction being the bus lane Westgate to the Headrow which has a dedicated traffic light to allow buses to cross the two outer lanes which can turn left across the bus lane into Oxford Place. The outer of those two lanes can also continue into the Headrow as private vehicle restrictions don't apply until past the Cookridge St junction.