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Old 01-26-12, 12:24 PM
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Victim or perpetrator?

Reading about how quite a lot of cyclist have cameras placed to record vehicular harassment and accidents, I decided to purchase a couple of small cheap cameras for my daily commute. They finally arrived yesterday and after charging one of them up, I clipped it to my rack-top bag and headed out this morning to work.

Not far from my home, a car started to tail-gate me dangerously close in a narrow street, and this was caught on camera (a bit shaky since I didn't use any mounts for the test).

When I reached work (I work at a law firm as an IT manager), I showed the video to one of the lawyers and was surprised to find out that because of Greek law, I could never use ANY video in court because of a law which prohibits the capturing of images/sound in public, and that I could even face a lawsuit for recording it in the first place!

So that's-that... here's a small shot of the idiot for your entertainment:

http://youtu.be/m30vNeRf4_w

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