If you think surveillance is valuable, you should love 360 video recorded by self-driving vehicles which travel all streets in a city, not just fixed routes.
Do you think 'surveillance' is always bad? Like: nobody should mention the tree blocking the road, because, well... the implications?
No. I would love for there to be many times more traffic cameras and license plate readers. Video-footage from self-driving vehicles could go a long way to getting dangerous drivers off of the road.
Actual case study, maybe slightly summarized an exaggerated:
-Prosecution: here is a video of Defendant repeatedly running over several pedestrians
-Defense: it was late at night, visibility was really low, and, besides, my client was very drunk. And they really, really need their car and license for their job! They would be ruined otherwise!
-Judge: well, good points, are we missing something here?
-Prosecution: They. Ran. Over. Several. Pedestrians. Forwards, then backwards!
-Judge: yeah, OK, sure, they should cover the immediate medical costs for those unfortunate bystanders, but other than that I order a safe-driving course, 12 months of alcohol interlock and 36 months of suspended license revocation that nobody will care about, ever. Next case!
[1] https://www.dnainfo.com/chicago/20170126/old-town/ryne-san-h...
[2] https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/nyc-c...