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<blockquote data-quote="WeeHector" data-source="post: 324798" data-attributes="member: 14301">I had run-ins with the cops a couple of times for filming/taking photos. The first was on the day I bought a new camcorder and took it into the garden to try it out. There was a stop sign outside my house which many drivers did not respect and the cops pulled up two cars. The first driver was given the full workover but the second was obviously some official who was friendly with the cops and they stood chatting. When they noticed I had the camcorder, they obviously took fright and came over, threatening me with all hell if I didn't stop recording.The second occurred one day in Belgium. I was sitting in my car in a station carpark and occasionally getting out to take photos of passing trains. Some busybody obviously called the cops and they asked me what I was doing. When I explained, they informed me that I could take photos of trains from the platforms but not from the carpark as it was a &quot;strategic site&quot;. Mind you, this was just after the Marc Dutroux murder trial when the country was suspicious of everything. I stopped my car on a country road to look at the map and found myself staring down the barrels of a shotgun held by a farmer who wanted to know why I had stopped. :distress:</blockquote>

[QUOTE="WeeHector, post: 324798, member: 14301"] I had run-ins with the cops a couple of times for filming/taking photos. The first was on the day I bought a new camcorder and took it into the garden to try it out. There was a stop sign outside my house which many drivers did not respect and the cops pulled up two cars. The first driver was given the full workover but the second was obviously some official who was friendly with the cops and they stood chatting. When they noticed I had the camcorder, they obviously took fright and came over, threatening me with all hell if I didn't stop recording. The second occurred one day in Belgium. I was sitting in my car in a station carpark and occasionally getting out to take photos of passing trains. Some busybody obviously called the cops and they asked me what I was doing. When I explained, they informed me that I could take photos of trains from the platforms but not from the carpark as it was a "strategic site". Mind you, this was just after the Marc Dutroux murder trial when the country was suspicious of everything. I stopped my car on a country road to look at the map and found myself staring down the barrels of a shotgun held by a farmer who wanted to know why I had stopped. :distress: [/QUOTE]

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