Big Brother

Spy cams on street sweepers idea swept away

Posted by udi on Apr 9, 2010 in Business, Technology | 0 comments

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So much for Mayor Daley’s Big Brother plan to use surveillance cameras to ticket motorists who block the path of Chicago street sweepers — and ultimately snow plows. Cameras installed on the first six sweepers — as part of a $7.2 million contract that was supposed to equip all 118 Chicago sweepers — are being yanked out. The city can’t afford the capital expense...