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Google Earth stopped by coppers
ONE OF THE CARS being used by Google to film every road in Britain, has been stopped by the cops for driving in a bus lane in the picturesque hamlet of Bradford.
Apparently the Google car complete with roof-mounted camera pole and Google logo on the door was chased down a bus lane by a copper with his blue lights on as it tried to film in Bradford at 12.40pm yesterday.
According to the Daily Torygraph the Googlemobile, which was driving in the bus lane, was 'chased' around the block in a busy Bradford city centre. Eventually both cars pulled into a car park.
A West Yorkshire police spokesman confirmed that the Google car had been pulled over on Channing Way in the city but said that no further action had been taken.
A spokesCop said that the Google car had permission to be in the area and the Copper just pulled him over to see what he was doing. µ
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So does this mean all the pictures of Channing Way, Bradford, on google StreetView will have a jam sandwich at the back with the lights flashing? :)
If I didn't know better I'd say it was one of those ruddy great guided busways they throw down a few years ago because I sincerely doubt the police in bradford would bother chasing someone for using a mere "bus lane". Well, unless they were bored...

Crime must have been solved in the city since I was there.

Lets see, what other clichés can I get in...

Maybe they wanted to be on Google Streetview?
typical police not to be doing any serious, difficult or real crime prevention work.
A minor correction - I believe the car you are referring to is for Street View, not Earth. The cameras are capturing ground-level views.
A cop pulled over a car driving on the street to see what it was doing, then continued on with business as usual. Other than the fact that there happened to be a google logo on the vehicle, I don't see what makes this so newsworthy.
"A spokesCop said that the Google car had permission to be in the area"

To whom does one apply for permission to be in Bradford?
can't they find something better to do