[David9694]

Running this one up the flagpole to see who salutes… 

I just don’t remember this being a thing until recently, now it seems a daily occurrence.
Could it be that there are drivers not up to the job, too many cars; should houses be made to ride in single file, shops put on high viz, why are we putting newer buildings in danger like this, it’s irresponsible. 
 

https://www.bournemouthecho.co.uk/news/18649201.car-crash-wall-iceland-store-westbourne/

‘A Dorset Police spokesperson said: “Dorset Police was called at 12.48pm on Thursday, August 13, to a report of a collision involving a car and a wall outside Iceland on Poole Road in Bournemouth.

“It is reported that the vehicle was also in collision with a pedestrian, but they did not require medical treatment.” ‘ 

 

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[David9694]

Plenty of red Mondeos here,

Plenty of red Mondeos here, reg plates visible even in the thumbnail view – easier than looking on local newspaper reports, surely? 

[Mungecrundle]

Now the blame is on the crash
Now the blame is on the crash itself, even the vehicles involved are innocent victims.

https://www.cambridge-news.co.uk/news/local-news/a14-cambridge-newmarket-lorry-overturned-20687674

[David9694]

That’s data protection gone

That’s data protection gone mad, that is. Thing is, it’s not done consistently by newspapers.
Police social media is more consistent. All law enforcement should be on the record – that protects everyone. 

[HoarseMann]

hirsute wrote:

The dvla already know who the keeper is but you can’t ask them who it is

oh yes you can!

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/v888-request-by-an-individual-for-information-about-a-vehicle

you need a good reason for doing so, but anyone can ask for details of a car’s owner based on the licence plate.

[wtjs]

that’s what I thought but the

that’s what I thought but the ICO disagrees !

The Information Commissioner is like the police- inept and forever trying it on. This was the Commissioner trying to prevent 9 names being revealed at a dodgy health trust (later the subject of several proper inquiries):

“ They do not have a public or political profile or personal responsibility
at a macro level for budgetary, personnel or policy matters; their chief
executives are ultimately accountable for their work; and they therefore
have a reasonable expectation that their privacy should be respected and
their names protected.”

The Information Tribunal completely disagreed and forced the disclosure of all 9 names. Recently the Commissioner tried to get away with supporting NHS England in declaring me as ‘vexatious’ so that they wouldn’t have to bother with the information request. That was in the Commissioner’s Decision Notice, but as soon as I fired the 21 gun broadside at the Commissioner at the Information Tribunal, she withdrew her Decision Notice and allegations immediately. I would have no hesitation in going against the Commissioner declaring that the registration number of a vehicle smashing through the wall of a building must be kept secret. She’s a duffer imported from Canada to support the government’s wishes for secrecy,

[AlsoSomniloquism]

But I can enter that reg

But I can enter that reg plate into certain websites and get some data, can enter that data elsewhere and get more. Or maybe do an image search and trace you on facebook. Or be malcious and go a red mondeo, I have one and I need to clone the number plate for nefarious purposes so thanks BBC, the one you just published will do fine. As I mentioned it is mostly a “lets not be risked being sued” response.  

[AlsoSomniloquism]

I suspect nothing would come

I suspect nothing would come from it. However you will notice that it is mostly organisations / companies who do it to be on the safe side just in case. They could be fined alot of found to breach anything or sued for some reason so they want to err on the side of caution. 

[Hirsute]

that’s what I thought but the

that’s what I thought but the ICO disagrees !

https://ico.org.uk/for-organisations/guide-to-data-protection/guide-to-the-general-data-protection-regulation-gdpr/what-is-personal-data/can-we-identify-an-individual-indirectly/

I don’t follow their example

“A vehicle’s registration number can be linked to other information held about the registration (eg by the DVLA) to indirectly identify the owner of that vehicle.”

The dvla already know who the keeper is but you can’t ask them who it is, so I find it all unconvincing that a photo has to be redacted.

[wtjs]

Data protection. The same

Data protection. The same reason faces are sometimes obscured on others posted in the thread

This appears to be ‘urban myth’ type bollocks to me. I don’t believe (admittedly, all I know about the law is the dodges applied by Lancashire Constabulary to thwart it- couldn’t resist that) that anyone could get into any trouble of any sort for taking, publishing, ‘sharing’, tweeting etc. photos of vehicles including the registration in any circumstances we’re concerned with in this topic. I guess that there could be trouble if the vehicle was undercover police, secret service etc, or if there was a court order not to publish it. Pretty much all the vehicles in this topic are ‘totalled’.

[Hirsute]

Bit of a tenuous link from a

Bit of a tenuous link from a reg plate to a specific person to say it is personal data.

[AlsoSomniloquism]

Data protection. The same

Data protection. The same reason faces are sometimes obscured on others posted in the thread and the police even blanked out their own regs in one bot edited tweet on the daily blog . I expect as GDPR rulings on these are still up in the air, companies and organisations don’t want a GDPR ruling applied to them and potential fines so hide them. 

[wtjs]

why do they block out the

why do they block out the plate?

To prevent anyone jumping to the conclusion that a specific driver was at fault, when the incident wouldn’t have occurred if the building hadn’t been there at night or at busy periods so it must bear most of the blame.

[David9694]

Talk about “blink and you’ll

Talk about “blink and you’ll miss it”!  On this rare foray into US local news my watch was preceded by an advert for cancer treatments. 

[Hirsute]

One can only hope that the

One can only hope that the consequential damages claimed will be high with a commensurate rise in premium.

(And why do they block out the plate?)

[andystow]

Here’s one from the US. The

Here’s one from the US. The video is pretty scary.

https://chicago.cbslocal.com/2021/05/24/east-garfield-park-madison-street-fiery-crash/

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