Traffic Camera Shows Woman's Bedroom
A pregnant mother was horrified to see live pictures of the inside of her bedroom on a traffic news Web site.
A camera meant to be monitoring traffic was instead pointing directly at Megan Franklin's bedroom in her home near Richmond, Surrey, The Sun reported.
Franklin, 31, who is expecting her second child with her husband, said, "It is an inexcusable invasion of our privacy.
"I don't like the thought of some pervy camera operator looking at me while I'm getting ready in the morning.
"I never thought anyone would see me because the room can't be seen from the street. This is just wrong."
She accused a worker at Transport for London, which placed the camera outside her home, of deliberately aiming it at her home.
"This can't be accidental. The camera is perfectly orientated towards the window of my bedroom. It must have been done on purpose," she said.
The camera's antics were exposed by a commuter who uses the TfL Web site to keep an eye on traffic jams.
He was shocked to find himself looking into a bedroom instead of at a main road.
The commuter told The Sun, "I'm disgusted by it. If I lived in that house I'd be furious. Transport for London has some serious questions to answer."
TfL blamed the incident on a camera fault, which had now been fixed. A spokesman said, "We apologize for any distress caused -- this is totally unacceptable.
"This camera was not intentionally facing in this direction and was not set that way by a member of staff."
He said the incident was being investigated.
Source: Traffic Camera Shows Woman's Bedroom
A camera meant to be monitoring traffic was instead pointing directly at Megan Franklin's bedroom in her home near Richmond, Surrey, The Sun reported.
Franklin, 31, who is expecting her second child with her husband, said, "It is an inexcusable invasion of our privacy.
"I don't like the thought of some pervy camera operator looking at me while I'm getting ready in the morning.
"I never thought anyone would see me because the room can't be seen from the street. This is just wrong."
She accused a worker at Transport for London, which placed the camera outside her home, of deliberately aiming it at her home.
"This can't be accidental. The camera is perfectly orientated towards the window of my bedroom. It must have been done on purpose," she said.
The camera's antics were exposed by a commuter who uses the TfL Web site to keep an eye on traffic jams.
He was shocked to find himself looking into a bedroom instead of at a main road.
The commuter told The Sun, "I'm disgusted by it. If I lived in that house I'd be furious. Transport for London has some serious questions to answer."
TfL blamed the incident on a camera fault, which had now been fixed. A spokesman said, "We apologize for any distress caused -- this is totally unacceptable.
"This camera was not intentionally facing in this direction and was not set that way by a member of staff."
He said the incident was being investigated.
Source: Traffic Camera Shows Woman's Bedroom
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