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Post by Deleted on Jul 21, 2009 23:12:21 GMT
I have noticed a camera on tunnel just past op33 aproaching edgware road on the east today.does anyone know why this camera is there?
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Post by citysig on Jul 22, 2009 7:10:04 GMT
More than likely an aid for train number recognition being put in (although a position prior to this signal would have been better - because by then you already have the wrong signal lowered ;D )  Or it could just have been put there to make you paranoid drivers even more paranoid that we're spying on you or trying to catch you doing something |
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Post by Deleted on Jul 25, 2009 16:08:57 GMT
Or it could just have been put there to make you paranoid drivers even more paranoid that we're spying on you or trying to catch you doing something There's no chance of catching a Circle doing more than 15mph ;D |
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Post by happybunny on Jul 25, 2009 16:26:37 GMT
Speaking of cameras I have seen some kind of camera-looking things in the Blackfriars platform areas. What are these for?
I did have a thought they are to catch trains going through the starter at over 10mph.
And didn't they try this number recognition camera system before, and give it up :S
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Post by Deleted on Jul 25, 2009 16:40:32 GMT
Speaking of cameras I have seen some kind of camera-looking things in the Blackfriars platform areas. What are these for? I did have a thought they are to catch trains going through the starter at over 10mph. And didn't they try this number recognition camera system before, and give it up :S These are laser movement detectors, checking there's no subsidence during the building works. I am tempted to wobble one with a shoe paddle and see if a panic ensues ;D ;D |
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Post by citysig on Jul 26, 2009 0:19:25 GMT
And didn't they try this number recognition camera system before, and give it up :S You're probably referring to some of the more "high-tech" number recognition trials they have tried. What I was referring to was a camera/picture which a "human being" would refer to before clearing the signal. That said, on a journey through the Edgware Road area yesterday, I saw said camera, plus a number of other "new" installations, and think maybe it is more to do with security (against graffiti) than anything else. In the tunnel? Past experience suggests yes. |
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Post by Deleted on Jul 26, 2009 21:32:40 GMT
Metcon - "the wrong signal lowered" - does this mean you'd like the trains pained chocolate-and-cream too? |
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Post by citysig on Jul 27, 2009 7:57:29 GMT
That would look good. Plus of course I should add that the camera could also be there to check there is both a driver and a fireman. And it should be pointed out that when I saw the camera, it did indeed have a chap standing to the rear of it with a cover over his head, holding up what can only be presumed to be a flash gun.
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Or it could just have been put there to make you paranoid drivers even more paranoid that we're spying on you or trying to catch you doing something 
