Well, I take back some of what I said earlier. Having checked around for more info on this I found this article...
http://politics.guardian.co.uk/gla/story/0,9061,892085,00.html
It seems you are right, munninhugin.
It's outrageous that the cameras can be used for this purpose (and trained onto drivers faces, not just reg numbers) without any real announcement of the fact. I'm glad you bought this up, otherwise I'd never have bothered checking this out.
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