Camera Idiocy

The reckless use of phone-cameras for later use on social media has led to many ‘wannabe’ stars getting arrested. Here is one such case, although it was somebody else’s footage that busted him.

Somebody filmed a car travelling in front of their own in which the backseat passenger opened the door and stuck most of his body out to use a phone-camera himself. This took place along the main road on the island of Fuerteventura (Canary Islands) on the 15th of last month.

The Guardia Civil in Puerto de Rosario set about identifying the car from its number plate, which they achieved on the 17th with the car turning out to be a rental vehicle. However the driver had changed the rental car on the 16th and it was in this second rental that the police finally tracked them down, in a petrol station near the airport.

The driver has been charged with dangerous driving whilst the ‘cameraman’ will be fined for not wearing a seatbelt.

(News: Fuerteventura, Canary Islands)

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