Pete, I have been informed by a mutual friend that the driver concerned has since been dismissed for unrelated reasons. Hopefully, this is a one off.
On a similar note a couple of PC Plods carried out a 'stop and account' with me last Friday in Tonypandy, much to the amusement of the 172 driver. Lol. However, the policeman did show me a picture of 34101 which had ploughed through a fence into Tonypandy Park and much to his surprise, I showed him a picture of it taken a couple of minutes earlier on a 171. On Jun 3, 11:35 pm, "Peter Relf" <[email protected]> wrote: > I trust that you are sending a full report and complaint about this incident > to the driver's employer. As you correctly say, anyone can photograph > anyone or anything when standing in a public place. > > Peter R. > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Martin Bray" <[email protected]> > To: "Welsh Bus Photographs" <[email protected]> > Sent: Friday, June 03, 2011 9:28 PM > Subject: Photographers Rights... > > >I headed out on my first day of holidays with a shopping list of sunny > > pictures but my spirits were temporary dampened by one 'bully boy' > > driver who went to great lengths to inform me that I was illegally > > taking pictures of him and his vehicle on what he described as being > > private property. Unfortunately he met his match and this posting is > > not targetted at the drivers on this forum or 99.99% of all other > > drivers, but the photographers who may not be aware of what they can > > or can't do with a camera on a public right of way. After todays > > encounter I would imagine that most photographers would put the camera > > back into the bag and call it a day. So here it goes, no names and no > > locations but it was well witnessed by all including his work > > colleagues. > > > # Vehicle pulls up to a T junction, awaiting the right of way to turn > > right and I am positioned in a pedestrian precinct opposite the > > vehicle. > > # I compose the picture and note that the driver is waggling his > > finger and I await the finger to stop waggling before I take the > > picture. > > # The driver steps out of his vehicle, causing a traffic jam behind > > him, walks across the road and into the precinct and tells me to stop > > taking pictures of him. I tell him that I am not taking pictures of > > him but of his vehicle. He tells me that I am illegally taking > > pictures of him and I tell him that I am legally entitiled to take > > pictures of him, which I wasn't, in a public right of way. He tells me > > that I am illegally taking pictures of him in private property. Enough > > is enough..... > > # I tell him that I am a UK citizen (jargon for stop and account) and > > I am exercising my rights to take pictures in a public right of way, > > namely a pedestrian precinct and that I am not doing anything > > unlawful. I suggest that he is welcome to carry out a citizens arrest > > and call the police or his manager if he thinks I am committing an > > unlawful offence but he runs the risk of a counter claim for unlawful > > arrest if the police deem the citizens arrest as being unlawful. The > > driver then says that he does not want me to take pictures of him > > driving, so I side step him, take the picture at my leisure and he > > walks back to his vehicle and drives off. > > > Apologies to anyone who thinks I'm a trouble maker, I'm not but I > > don't want any other photographer to be bullied or intimdated whilst > > using a camera, its been my hobby for fifty years and I've never > > encountered a problem like this before. I am not prepared to forward > > pictures of this event to anyone else.- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Welsh Bus Photographs" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/welsh-bus-photographs?hl=en.
