A few weeks ago Lincoln Fire & Rescue installed a video recording system in BAT 1, the battalion chief's vehicle. The camera can both stream and record video from fire scenes. If properly positioned, the camera will capture some footage (are their "feet" in digital video?) from fire grounds that will nice for situational awareness for other units, after-action review, and training.
Battalion Chief Bruce Sellon, however, discovered evidence that the dash cam isn't really a new concept, when he found this video of Fire Chief John Kenlon from the Brooklyn Fire Department responding to an alarm.
Looks like the problem of motorists failing to yield the right of way to an emergency vehicle isn't new, either. Note that the driver jumps up onto the sidewalk, to avoid congestion on the street, he has a few close encounters with pedestrians. Too bad he didn't have the Binford 5000 bell.
Tuesday, January 8, 2013
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I think you'd have to call it "byteage" rather than footage nowadays.
That's a pretty cool idea. I think I'll put a camera on my car. I'll just be sure to turn it off when I'm driving on the sidewalk.
I thought you rode this motorcycle, Arrrrg!!!!
This is pretty much off-topic, but perhaps quite timely. I'd like to make the observation that this little miscreant, while railing against the system or whatever it is a spoiled young adult can be angry at, seems perfectly willing to live rent-free in his parents' very nice $500,000 backs-to-a-golf-course home in the Ridge. I bet he's also got a lot of the nice tech toys that money can buy, and that he's got no problem with that either.
Is there a point where something like this becomes a felony? It seems like so many times the a******s are charged with multiple misdemeanors. Should be some way to add them all up into one big felony.
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There should be, but state law unfortunately makes it difficult to aggregate multiple misdemeanors into a felony or several felonies. Perhaps the legislature could look into changing that, instead of things like putting a sales tax on soda pop (but not bottled water, which has even less nutritional value than pop).
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