Cops Pwned Google Street View Car

1. thegiantsnail
   July 30th, 2008 at 3:33 am

   I saw one of these at a hotel. The driver was packing up and heading out. It was right after that “Google took pictures of my cat” debacle, so I asked her if she was taking pictures of cats. She said “No, actually I… oh. I see what you did there.”
   Hilarious.

2. Larfin Jackarse
   July 30th, 2008 at 3:50 am

   You should have taken heaps of fodes of her and see how she liked it.

3. Larfin Jackarse
   July 30th, 2008 at 3:51 am

   And I gather that when you go to that part of Google street view and check that area you will see someone getting booked.

4. Rob
   July 30th, 2008 at 4:23 am

   I remember passing my driving test 9 years ago and the first time driving into Bradford (a week after passing) earned me a stop from the police, a £30 fine and getting breathalysed all for being confused by the bus route system. Bradford traffic police are obviously of the tallest order.

5. Chris W
   July 30th, 2008 at 4:27 am

   Yeh the bus system in Bradford can be pretty confusing if you’re not used to it.
   I just thought it was funny seeing the google car being pulled, but then not actually pulling over until it had drove almost round the block, then the irony of the police officer asking ME not to take pictures!! lol

6. Dwayne Charrington
   July 30th, 2008 at 8:54 am

   Googles new motto. You can control the internet, but you can’t control the streets.

7. wirkhorse
   July 30th, 2008 at 9:18 am

   With a half-decent paint job, I’m sure a Google car could easily pass for a taxi.

   Do you think Google managed to shoot some new footage for that stretch of road? I doubt we’ll be seeing the arrest on Google Maps anytime soon, but who knows…

8. Mr. Binky
   July 30th, 2008 at 3:33 pm

   Chris, you have a to give us an address of where this all went down, so we can watch the police chase in progress.

9. Chris W
   July 30th, 2008 at 4:13 pm

   Address and rout of the chase:
   http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=2127657

   This should bring up a route on gmaps pedometer, the route starts where the police put his lights on, and ends in the police station car park (as shown in the last pic)

   I was started running round the block expecting the google car to pull over and was wanting to get a great shot of the car with police car behind with lights on, officer out giving a ticket etc, but he decided he would keep on driving and i guess pull in somewhere away from all the busy commuters or something.

10. Tim
    July 30th, 2008 at 5:50 pm

    Just found this on the Telegraph website
    http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2475792/Google-Street-View-car-pulled- over-by-police-for-driving-in-bus-lane.html
    Looks like they stole your story Alex!!

11. Carl
    July 30th, 2008 at 7:07 pm

    Is it legal for a cop to ask a “civilian” to not take pictures of what’s going on in a public area?

    I don’t think it is.

    But there may be special rules about when they’re in the specific act of engaging suspects…

12. digital
    July 31st, 2008 at 10:26 am

    Awesome! Me and a colleague were caught by the car in Bradford on the same day, probably 10-15 minutes before he was pulled over. Can’t wait for Bradford Street View to go live

13. JC
    July 31st, 2008 at 12:31 pm

    I thought the same thing, Carl. I think it´s not against the law if you are in a public space.

14. News Company
    August 1st, 2008 at 8:12 am

    Haha. Just because it’s google, the man told “I have a license to drive here”. Hey United Kingdom, give me a license like that too!

15. CC
    August 2nd, 2008 at 6:41 am

    Digital, your friend’s and your face will be blurred. On the one hand, I understand privacy concerns for those caught on film and presented in Street View. On the other hand, from a purely selfish viewpoint, it’s a kick to see the expressions of those photographed. Visit 360cities.net and mapjack.com and check out some of their panoramas. No face blurring for either, but they don’t get the press GE does.

16. Geeklawyer
    August 2nd, 2008 at 7:10 pm

    “…after which the officer got out of the car and started asking me not to take pictures! lol”

    It is, generally - and certainly here, perfectly lawful to take photos of police doing their job. You were entitled to ignore him or tell him “Sorry it’s lawful I’m keeping photographing”. No offence was committed. Harassment of photographers is becoming a bit of an issue.

    http://p10.hostingprod.com/@spyblog.org.uk/blog/harassment-of-photogra phers/

    The delicious irony of a Googlecar being pulled is too funny.

17. Josh
    August 13th, 2008 at 10:08 am

    Keeping in mind that the officer *asked* for him to stop taking pictures.

    No need to get all defensive to the officer.. He sure can’t take you in for it.

    Of course, the law is different in different places.

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