[George V]

Not sure what the story is in VIC but in NSW CCTV cameras in public places are mostly installed & maintained by local councils. These are separate from specific transport related systems within their respective areas or other specific systems used by law enforcement.

There are many cameras at intersections, these are managed by TMC (Transport Management Centre) which controls the road network among other things. We do not pay any attention to them until you have a reason to.

Recently, we did some work which involved closing a lane of traffic on a road, had a TMC camera firmly pointed at us most of the time. It was helpful, when we could not find the owner of a car parked in the way, traffic control was setup in a less than ideal manner; Police arrived shortly, sent by TMC, they spoke to the owner of the vehicle and got it moved to make it safer.

Moral of the story is – We may not want these cameras pointing at us but they do serve a purpose. Camera operators probably have better things to do than checking who is picking their nose.

Every action of operator is logged so anyone being nosy can get in to serious trouble, it is like every other area where persons have access to sensitive info.

Regards,
George V