Cab driver to be interviewed over passenger recordings as YouTube videos are pulled down
The NSW Government’s Department of Transport & Infrastructure is to today attempt to interview the taxi driver who has been uploading recording of his passengers to YouTube.
As Mumbrella discussed yesterday, cab driver Adrian Neylan, the author of the popular Cablog occasionally posts recordings of his encounters with passengers on his YouTube channel.
A spokesman told Mumbrella last night: “NSW Transport & Infrastructure is making efforts to interview the driver tomorrow morning in order to determine whether there has been any actions which may be deemed to be inappropriate or which render him not fit and proper to hold a Taxi Driver Authority.
“It should be noted that the installation and use of recording devices and cameras falls within the Surveillance Devices Act 2007, not the Passenger Transport Act 1990.”
In a comment on Mumbrella’s original post, Neylan said he has now taken down the videos, including the most recent one of a drunken racecourse identity ranting about bookies. He said: “Granted this is a grey area and maybe I’m wrong. Am I going to die in a ditch for a handful of recordings? No. So I’ve pulled them whilst awaiting a legal opinion.”
And in a posting on Cablog today he adds: “Whilst the tapes were primarily the result of concerns over passenger behaviour, rather than gratuitously captured for blogging purposes, I concede it’s a grey area. So I’ve decided to pull this content from the public domain until obtaining a definitive legal clearance.”
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YouTube Taxicab confessions…lol
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Errr… privacy issue here? Isn’t it illegal without gaining permission from the passanger?
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Hey, that silly show on VH-1 might take offense.
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As long as he has consent I say, help him out. What a great way to promote the city and it’s people.
Tired of the press forcing issues to create knee jerk reactions (and hence ‘news’)
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Behold, the next mainstream media star. I’m sure someone in Pay TV media is putting together a deal right now.
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Does anyone have a link to the passenger videos?
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H2FVCtEJOCM
Something related on here..
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Never mind recording the passengers – what about the drivers. Melbourne Cabbies are even worse than the terrible Sydney drivers. They are AWFUL! I say film the drivers when they are; speeding, texting, being rude, getting lost, sitting in traffic purposely when they could be in the bus lane etc… Post it up on Youtube. “Australia’s worst Taxi drivers.”
Arrrrrrgggghhhhhhhh !!!!!@@$$##%%%%%%
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There’s a sign there, we all see it when we hop into cabs – you’re being recorded.
By taking the cab ride, you consent to being recorded. If you then decide to behave like a tool and/or tell the cabbie your life story during this ride – it’s your own fault – AND you know it’s being recorded…I think it’s naive to expect this recording not to at some point be replayed, in private or on YouTube.
Adrian’s work was hilarious. I wish he had a webcam in his cab so we could enjoy the hilarity of his work live in real time!
Good luck with the legal battle!
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can i bring a video camera into the cab and video the cab driver? then post it on youtube?
this guy could host cashcab series 5!!
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@Kerri…what’s the legallity of that footage being used by the individual driver? I believe that survellience footage is to be used for police and legal/law enforcement matters?
Who’s property is the footage? The cab driver? Cab Owner? Taxi Combined or other Taxi Operator?
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You talkin’ to me?
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Surveillence cameras in Cabs are just that: for safety purposes and to identify those responsible for crimes. Surely, there’s regulation in force to protect the public’s privacy. The cabbie recording this material and placing it on youtube needs to get a life.
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Personal information collected with consent can only be retained for the purpose for which consent was obtained, and can’t be disclosed without consent unless there’s a legal compulsion.
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Wow. The readers of mUmBRELLA are folks working in or highly interested in marketing and the media, and yet there is this level of confusion over the legality or ethics of publishing surveillance recordings without the subject’s express permission? This really is the sign of an industry that’s lost its moral compass. Wow. Just, wow.
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@Stilgherrian
I don’t believe this is a sign of an industry that’s lost it’s moral compass, but there definitely are individuals who should stand back and put themselves in someone else’s shoes for a while.
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