Following the Minister for Transport's call for an expanded bus corridor network, it would seem that while there are only three active fixed cameras to slow motorists down, there's another set of cameras in the Dublin area aimed at increasing traffic speed.
Mr Brennan wants to see more Quality Bus Corridors (QBCs) in Dublin and to introduce them to Cork and Galway over the next 12 months. Speaking at the launch last Monday he said a more "aggressive" approach was required to satisfy the growing demand for public transport.
No doubt the State's first comprehensive set of guidelines governing traffic management was influenced by information gathered by these "other" cameras.
Big brother has been monitoring motorists on the Malahide to Amiens St route in Dublin on a daily basis. But there's no risk of them getting a speeding fine. The Dublin City Council cameras are there principally to record bus times on the QBC and although the project has only been in operation for a few weeks, initial results are proving interesting.
According to Brendan O'Brien of the Council's Traffic department, at peak times buses complete the journey in half the time it takes a car. On the Fairview to Amiens St QBC there is only a small variation in the time it takes the bus to complete the journey on or off peak.
O'Brien says the cameras are helping DCC to pinpoint the areas where buses are not moving as quickly as they could be. These bottlenecks will be examined to see if there is a means to give buses priority over other forms of transport to further reduce the bus journey time.
There are plans to extend the pilot scheme to the city's other bus corridors but it hasn't yet been decided if new cameras will be bought for each route or whether the existing cameras will be moved once all the necessary data has been collected.
So, whether it's to slow traffic down or speed it up one thing is for sure, Big Brother is watching. And rest assured, there'll soon be nowhere he can't see you . . . if there's film in the camera.