Wednesday, January 7, 2009

New York Cabs Might Get Cameras-Many Cities Have Already Installed


Complete article at The Village Voice

Cabs companies around the world either installing cameras or asking for them to increase driver and passenger safety. Taxi Worker's Alliance president Bhairavi Desai calls the cameras "an invasion of privacy," and cab company group Committee for Taxi Safety wants the program to be voluntary, owing to costs.

Keep in mind, many cities already have cab cameras-both a blessing and a curse, cameras can lead to evidence where there might not have been any before but the trade-offs are the privacy issues.

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