I think I saw this car today in Edinburgh, I was having a cheeky cigarette at the time at work. I hope the missus doesn't see it.

I've seen it over the last week or 2 roaming the streets of Edinburgh.

God help us if it gets out to Essex during the summer - there'll be "ladies" flashing their googlies in every frame!

... probably caught me looking in disbelief at the strange car passing me in the street while I was out fetching coffee for the boys.

The Google Street View spycar was in Cardiff yesterday, I waved so hopefully will be immortalised acting like a loon on a street corner.

About two weeks ago this vehicle snooped past my office building... i was gawping at the google bus like a tool... can't wait to see my stupid look in google street view!

Maybe in one will get burned when it photographs the suburbs.

So they are going past schools taking pictures? Past police stations taking pictures? I hope police keep stopping them for being suspected paedo-terrorists or is it ok for Google to go around the streets taking pictures of everywhere when we can't.

Didn't get a snap of it, though.

... and post them all over the internet without so much as a by-your-leave-guvnor!

Why don't the plods stop them? Can't have something to do with them being a Mega corp?

Perhaps I should wear a Google hat and t-shirt next time I'm out taking pictures in a public location.

That any terror-bent psychos can simply look up all UK infrastructure on Google - Maybe if they realised that one of the biggest internet companies on the planet has already done a bigger job than any small 'cell' could do then they would lay of us photographers/videographers.

I will personally give £500* to the first El Reg reader who snaps the Googlebug car, cameras and operator getting confiscated/arrested. What a laugh that would be!

*T&C's apply: Anon

Like the other poster - why a UK (London - Wimbledon 2008) registered Opel? Perhaps from Eire?

Why does this sort of stuff even bother me!

Need a lie down.

Mine appears to be the anorack....

Spotted in Paisley

I wonder why the Police aren't cracking down on these potential terrorists and paedophiles as all photographers are nowadays, the police have told us this so IT MUST BE TRUE!!!!!!!!!!!!!22221111.....

ah, who needs the twatotron

You're other half called the conference - I managed to cover for you. Was stuck on the Basingstoke bpass for hours trying to get home.

paris? 'cos she'd probably bypass Basingstoke too.

"the owner of a photograph is the photographer, not the subject"

That'll be why models sign release forms ...?

Posting from my iPhone now - just seen one heading south along Deansgate towards Chester Road. Was definetley black but didn't see reg: no photo - even if there was, El Reg has no upload form!

A

'Police appropriation of stuff also isn't relevant unless they're loitering'

So you mean that as long as when I want to take photo's in public as long as I am walking or running or if I don't stop to look at the pictures I've just taken on my camera or playback some video then nothing will happen to me!

I thought nothing would happen to me because it was the law!

Thanks for your reassurances - though it's a brave man who chooses blind faith and puts them to the test!

Coat - the one with the SD memory cards, spare batteries and mini DV tapes in the pockets (well - they were in the pockets before the police went past the coat rack .....)

Look, Tim, if I can see you walking down the street, and I can remember that I saw you walking down the street, then there is NOTHING to stop me taking a picture of you walking down the street. A photograph, or even video, is just a permanent reminder of something the photographer saw. If you don't want to be photographed, then don't leave the house, and keep your curtains shut.

Oh, and buy a Mac, they are better than windows machines.

So when was this confernce in basingstoke? And is it a gay only event?

'Where do I claim the £500? '

a) There's no arrest or confiscation evident

b) It's not in the UK (T&C's*)

c) I believe the officer is actually asking "Does my bike look big in this?" and noting down the web address the pics will be on & drivers details so he can go check.

*T&C's state everything must be in UK & done UK stylee - that's at least a tacit "or we'll log onto the PNC and amend your details to terrorist/paedo" if not an all out (erroneous) "we think what you're doing is illegal - therefore it is"

Coat: Yep - pockets weren't empty but tapes and SD cards had been wiped

Saw one roaming the streets of northwest suburbs of Chicago last week while at a stop sign.

I saw it last week in South London, and couldn't work out what the hell the device stuck to the cars roof was for.

Or he'll need a new camera, car, wallet, clothes...

I was following one in my RRV in Oxford last month and wondered what the dickens it was. Glad it wasn't the lizard overlords survey vehicle.

Bricked up with no wheels and the cameras stripped off the roof.

Get your scroogle t-shirts and hats £15 each ;)

"Glad it wasn't the lizard overlords survey vehicle."

Who do you think are in charge of Google's takeover of the planet?

When we are all totally reliant on Google for everything IT they will just pull the plug and humans will turn on each other while the lizards feed on our pain.

's obvious, innit?

If Google is taking pics (and posting them online to add insult to injury!) in the streets, then you can too! All you have to do when you're getting [arrested | your stuff confiscated | your Flash wiped] is to point out to the police that Google does it too so it must be legal, and all will be fine and they'll let you go in peace.