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Rhode Island Moving Toward Surveillance Cameras on Highways

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The Rhode Island House of Representatives approved the bill, 48-17. It is designed to provide surveillance cameras to catch uninsured out-of-state drivers on major highways in Rhode Island and automatically fine them — but critics see shades of George Orwell's 1984.

The Rhode Island House of Representatives approved the bill, 48-17. It is designed to provide surveillance cameras to catch uninsured out-of-state drivers on major highways in Rhode Island and automatically fine them — but critics see shades of George Orwell's 1984.…