https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TUwYov_FMyM
(added screenshot for ref as apparently embedding not allowed for this video)

FAFO and quite bizarre 🤷‍♂️

 

He stayed longer than I would have.

 

yup, fully expected him to leave sooner

Tyre fitters front wheels should have been set towards the barrier 😉

Watching him looking sideways most of the time honking to the camera while driving on the motorway made me feel very uneasy, on 2 occasions while travelling as a passenger I have asked the driver to stop and got out and walked, both in France, one guy was looking back over his shoulder chatting to the couple in the back seat and would have hit the central barrier if I had not grabbed the wheel, the other occasion we had travelled about 10km from the hôtel to the entrance péage for the autoroute, a group of us going diving in the 33m deep dive pool Nemo 33 in Belgium, the very early days of smartphones and all the guys attention was on his phone not the road, I had to make a quick decision before we were on the autoroute, memories of the guy veering towards the barrier came flooding back and I got out and walked back, I left my diving gear in the car.

 

Watching that video brought back both bad memories

12 minutes ago, J.R. said:

Watching him looking sideways most of the time honking to the camera while driving on the motorway made me feel very uneasy, on 2 occasions while travelling as a passenger I have asked the driver to stop and got out and walked, both in France, one guy was looking back over his shoulder chatting to the couple in the back seat and would have hit the central barrier if I had not grabbed the wheel, the other occasion we had travelled about 10km from the hôtel to the entrance péage for the autoroute, a group of us going diving in the 33m deep dive pool Nemo 33 in Belgium, the very early days of smartphones and all the guys attention was on his phone not the road, I had to make a quick decision before we were on the autoroute, memories of the guy veering towards the barrier came flooding back and I got out and walked back, I left my diving gear in the car.

 

Watching that video brought back both bad memories

I’m guessing that watching any “presenter” talking to camera whilst driving on a public road must cause the same memories or was it something about this specific one?

Well yes but I am well aware that in the vast majority of cases, any "piece to camera" on mainstream TV will be an illusion the vehicle being towed on a specially developed lowline trailer, there are many clues to reveal this if you know what to look for.

 

So yes the trigger is there for me but I can deal with it, I get cross with the message that they are sending out though which this guy has embraced.

 

As an aside is there not a law against him diffusing those images? It seems odd that the womans identity was protected by the blurring, I reckon the guy settled for the tyre being fitted and his money refunded and maybe more in return for his permission.

Edited 31 March, 20242 yr by J.R.

it's a different take, tbh I was more concerned about the behaviour of the Audi driver (especially when he stepped out in the nearside lane to take a pic of the van leaving) than about pieces to camera (which are commonplace in many areas) and which in many cases are no different to talking to a passenger.

I think the blurring was lip service as it was rather poorly done, there are several places where you can see both of the AUdi occupants clearly.

As for filming, you have no right to privacy in a  public place and anybody can film anybody  although YT may (if a complaint received) request  blurring although its not a legal requirement (Black Belt Barrister on YT has several videos on the subject)