"Like you said, the people this is aimed at have no regard for others or the law, so I doubt talking cameras will stop them. The fact that the authorities are looking to use a small school child as the voice of these cameras (the voice of authority) speaks volumes about their meek and feeble mindset."

Actually - the examples on the BBC News website have a man speaking, live, from the camera control station - and in every case ( drunk wandering down a road, people dropping litter ) - they've reacted appropriately... collected the litter they've dropped, got out of the middle of the road etc etc.

There isn't the 'resources' ( i.e. police on the ground ...i.e. money ) to deal with this in a face to face way. I agree this isn't ideal...but the situation it is trying to tackle is not ideal either.

Doug