Blog /Bulletproof Courier

July 09, 2008 19:01 +0000  |  Cities Cycling Vancouver 2

I ran across this in 24 this morning and decided to check the guy out online. Calling himself the bulletproof courier (though I'm not sure how he arrived at that name), he rides his bike around town with a digital video camera strapped to his helmet.

From a social perspective, the act itself is interesting, and for those of you who will probably ask, despite my opposition to CCTV, I don't really have a problem with what this guy's doing. He's an individual in a free country exercising that right in a public space. The ambiguity comes with his broadcasting this stuff in a public forum, which is the grey area. I'd be curious to see what my other activist friends think of this.

Regardless, it's pretty neat if you have a few minutes.

Comments

Taavi
9 Jul 2008, 8:21 p.m.  | 

I've got a friend who's recorded a few bike rides to work down Yonge street with his cel phone: http://youtube.com/sizone . Pretty crazy stuff...

Bulletproofcourier
13 Jul 2008, 6:36 a.m.  | 

Thanks for mentioning my blog in your postings, DQ!

Indeed what you say gives me food for thought:

At what point does some person or event stand out enough to qualify as being newsworthy, and therefore fair game for the news camera?

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