Parking in Waterloo Region

[danbrotherston]

For the record, I see little to no difference between an SUV with automated cameras recording plate numbers and an enforcement agent walking along and recording plate numbers by hand. It's just that the former is massively more efficient.

In theory there is no difference.  In practice....it may not be quite so cut and dry.  Making things cheaper and more efficient does change the economics of things, and makes things more likely or easier to do.  And yes, I am suggesting that it's possible cost of this type of privacy invasion has perhaps been one factor in protecting us from government overreach, a factor which could disappear.

Still, little ole Kitchener-Waterloo, I'm not concerned.