January 12, 2011
Channel 2, CBS New York, has a mobile news van, like many other stations. Here’s the difference- the driver of the van has a cameraman in the passenger seat, filming the driver as he reports on the street conditions as he drives.
Channel 2 is taking a driver, sticking a camera in his face, forcing him to contend with the camera, give a news report, and drive at the same time. Usually over icy roads.
Who at CBS thinks that’s a good idea? How long until this man mows down some children crossing the street live on air?
In New York we can’t talk on a cell phone and drive but this is OK?
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UPDATE! January 13, 2011
Does Richard Huff read my blog? I wouldn’t dare to venture a guess (but if I did I’d say “yes!”) but how else to explain this column in today’s Daily News? Yes, once more, I have scooped the newspapers!
MR. BLOG GETS RESULTS!
Mr. Blog's Tepid Ride 
I agree that looking into a camera while driving is potentially dangerous. But what I’d really like to know is why CBS keeps running ads touting a guy driving around in a car with a cameraman as some ‘new advanced technology’. Cars are not new. Cameras are not new. Satellites that broadcast live footage are not new. What the hell are they talking about? What in the world is ‘newfangled’ about this crap? Are people really this stupid?
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Great point, I wish I thought of that.
You asked if people are really this stupid. I’m afraid that some of them are.
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I agree about the safety point. But it is new technology. The video is not transmitted by a fixed satellite. The full HD video and audio are transmitted using cell modems. That’s a new technology.
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