Legality of photographing a train driver in their cab driving

Hi all,



I wonder if someone can clarify a point with has been getting some rather
heated discussion in the canteen at work of late.



Yesterday, the Evening Standard published several pictures taken by a member
of the public, from a footbridge, of Northern Line train drivers in their
cabs supposedly being distracted while driving a train at 35mph.



I would like to emphasise at this point that I am not initiating a debate on
whether or not these drivers where in the wrong. If they have endangered the
lives of their passengers then they deserve all they get.



The point I have been arguing is whether or not the law has been broken and
an offence committed by:



- This individual by taking these pictures.

- The individual by sending them to the Evening Standard.

- The Evening Standard by publishing them.



The pictures concerned where extremely clear, high-quality, and very close
up shots of drivers in their driving cabs taken without their consent or
knowledge in which they could be clearly identified. This person has
obviously set up a camera on a tripod with a zoom-lens, photographing the
drivers of oncoming trains.



I know (correct me if I am wrong) that if I was to go out with a camera and
take close up pictures of people in the street without their consent, I
would be braking the law.



Surely the same thing applies here?



Train drivers are not Hollywood celebrities; surely they would have a
reasonable expectation of privacy while doing their jobs, and not to have
their picture taken and slapped all over the newspapers without their
permission.



Regards,





Chris




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