I gave a multiple options. The answer is pretty obvious depending on where you live. If in the middle of London/a bit city, they already have traffic scanners/CCTV working the (back then) existing "updates" for traffic.
But continue mentioning how obvious it is... now, that it's common tech/everywhere, vs the very very first instance of the app.
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