The other day I read that there are data protection issues with footage recorded by on-board cameras used in cars. Anyone who uses it can even be fined. The above does not originate from Hungarian legislation, but from the general data protection regulation of the European Union, the GDPR, creating a rather impossible situation. Because not only motorists who use on-board cameras, but also the police and forensic experts acting in such cases find the recordings useful, which can greatly contribute to the reconstruction of the accident.

Which is very correct, but the use of on-board cameras should also be supported due to other traffic violations, rather than considered a concern on the grounds of data protection and privacy rights. Because let's be honest, traffic morale in Hungary is not worrisome, but downright terrible. The number of speeding and penalized drivers is uncountable, not to mention the fact that traffic rules are being flouted en masse. It is almost clear that many drivers have a "permit to cross the closing line" in addition to their driver's license. Not to mention that more and more people feel entitled to overtake at the no-overtaking sign, shake their fists behind the speed limiters' backs, flash their lights, honk their horns, and one could list the actions of aggressive, nervous people on the road. They are the ones who flout all written and unwritten social rules, they live in a liberal democracy where everyone does what they want. But this should be ordered to stop!

Although I am not an official, many people would surely agree with me that every car should have an on-board camera, and the police should be asked to send the footage of violators to a specified electronic portal. And they could decide whether to fine or not. Such an action would have some deterrent effect in itself, but even more so if it were to be announced on the basis of the submitted recording, on which it happened that ..., the driver's license was revoked for one year and he was fined X forints. It is suspected that there would be an influx of recordings, but the police would probably not have to deal with more than 10-20 cases if strict penalties were imposed. Of course, only if it was not possible to go to court citing data protection and privacy rights, because it would not hurt to make many people aware that they not only have rights, but also duties.

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