Er... a passing panda just took a photo of me...

[ColdInsomnia]

...And now I'm a little freaked out.

Is this likely? Or did I imagine it?
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[ColdInsomnia]

And before any smart-asses try and reply, it was the car variety and not the other one.
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[Graham88]

Dammit, I had this picture ready! Then saw your 2nd post!

https://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/images/panda.jpg

I had one take my picture before, nothing came off it, was freaked out like you though.

Did he take it of the front or rear?

[m99dws]

What were you doing at the time?

[bazza]

Check yer flies.
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[ColdInsomnia]

He took it from the front, about 20 feet away from me as I was passing him.

I was doing about 20 in a 30 zone, slowing down in the wet approaching some red lights (doing nothing out of the ordinary at all).

To be honest the flash phased me since it was the middle of the night, blinded me for a few seconds.
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[Mooncatt]

how odd hope it doesnt happen to me, ill chase them down and ask why they did it
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[Blau Zedong]

There was a thing in MCN a few months back about bikers being snapped when stationary. Think it was at a bike meet. Can't remember if it was something to do with building a database to identify local riders if they get caught on forward facing cameras (the bike and gear worn etc).....soemthing daft like that.
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[davidimurray]

Maybe they were taking pics for evidence for something - e.g. this would have been the view the driver had before he mowed the motorcyclist down ....

By the way, I remember a while back you were going for a job up at Cardiff Gate - did you get it? My girlfriend works up there at Swalec, she used to ride an SR125 until a few weeks ago when some twat took het out. She's now got a blue jap import YBR125.

Cheers

Dave

[ColdInsomnia]

[Villers]

Sounds like they are keeping an eye on the bikers in the area and taking photos means they can match descriptions when someone phones them and says 'some tit is wheeling his yellow bike up the orad outside my house and he's wearing x coloured helmet' or whatever.

If you want to be paranoid you could go along the lines of thought that they havent took your picture, they have infact 'stolen your soul'.
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[Ariel Badger]

Go into the cop station and explain that you were riding your bike on wet roads and night and some stupid c*nt in a panda car blinded you with a flash gun. Ask for an explanation and an apology.
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[dainesefreak]

I had heard the rumor about photos being used because of bikers taking the piss through forward facing cameras. I thought they were supposed to be using the photo from the camera it's self though not rolling around with Polaroids. I would like to see them try and use it in a court of law as sole evidence for conviction; I'm sure the law states "Beyond all reasonable doubt".

[khoock]

[Pte1643]

[m99dws]

Maybe he was taking photos of an accident site, and you just happened to be in view?

[scoota bk]

I would go down to your local cop shop and ask why, if you're filmed on CCTV you have a right to view ALL footage of you from whovere runs the camera(s), no doubt the same would apply in this case? And surely they couldn't use this "evidence" of you not commiting a crime against you? It'd be like them going round swabbing people with out their permission to get their DNA for sex attacks etc?

[st3v3]

Hmm, not heard of this kind of dodginess b4, would demand to see the photo under the Data protection Act-or the like, you legally have every right to find out what information an company/organisation holds abut you.
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[davidimurray]

[froggeh]

Wonder what would happen if you had taken a 'controlled off', and blamed it on being blinded? I wouldn't be arsed about being logged, but at night with a flash seems bloody stupid.