"Jim Brittin" [wake up to reply] wrote in
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From the BBC News website
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/6896044.stm


Tube drivers caught video-recording their journey and posting them on
the internet could face disciplinary action, London Underground has
warned.
Managers have warned that drivers found contravening safety regulations
while filming would be reprimanded.

The practice was uncovered by commuter Christof Delin, from Dollis Hill,
north-west London, who found the video clips on YouTube while surfing
the net.

How do they know that these videos were taken by drivers? All the ones I
have seen appear to be taken from the passenger side of the cab.

Peter Smyth

On Jul 12, 10:51 pm, "Peter Smyth" wrote:
"Jim Brittin" [wake up to reply] wrote in
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From the BBC News website
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/6896044.stm

Tube drivers caught video-recording their journey and posting them on
the internet could face disciplinary action, London Underground has
warned.
Managers have warned that drivers found contravening safety regulations
while filming would be reprimanded.

The practice was uncovered by commuter Christof Delin, from Dollis Hill,
north-west London, who found the video clips on YouTube while surfing
the net.

How do they know that these videos were taken by drivers? All the ones I
have seen appear to be taken from the passenger side of the cab.

Peter Smyth

It is pretty hard to operate the train and hold something! for that
length of time too, I would imagine. The phone is most likely resting
up against something. Some of the ones I have seen are from the
driving position, but the above comment I made still applies.

Anyway this person has just got their 5 minutes of fame and saved BBC
London News from actually doing any investigating!

And how many were culled from VHS/DVDs sold in the LT Museum?

On Thu, Jul 12, 2007 at 10:51:22PM +0100, Peter Smyth wrote:

How do they know that these videos were taken by drivers? All the ones I
have seen appear to be taken from the passenger side of the cab.

And if they were taken by drivers, perhaps they were shot with the
camera on a mini-tripod. It's what I did to record me driving my car
around in Yorkshire recently. The only thing I crashed into was a
rabbit.

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On Thu, Jul 12, 2007 at 10:51:22PM +0100, Peter Smyth wrote:

How do they know that these videos were taken by drivers? All the ones I
have seen appear to be taken from the passenger side of the cab.

And if they were taken by drivers, perhaps they were shot with the
camera on a mini-tripod. It's what I did to record me driving my car
around in Yorkshire recently. The only thing I crashed into was a
rabbit.

So, is the old Skoda a write-off, David?

:-)

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Brian
"Fight like the Devil, die like a gentleman."

"Peter Smyth" wrote in message
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How do they know that these videos were taken by drivers? All the ones I
have seen appear to be taken from the passenger side of the cab.

....and obviously no driver is going to have the smarts to prop the camera up
on the passenger side of the cab.

:-)

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Brian