YouTube shows Tube driver journey (BBC)

The latest You Tube scandal is that London tube drivers have been filming the view from the train cabs and posting the videos on 'You Tube'. The BBC reports that drivers caught doing it could face internal disciplinary procedures for contravening safety regulations.

Several passenger groups and other individuals have condemned the practice as a risk to safety. London underground have taken a slightly more pragmatic view:

"It's not the kind of behaviour we expect from drivers. We don't think it poses a risk but we don't think they should be doing it."

-London underground spokesperson.

Then in a strange departure from reality the BBC quote the original random commuter who given his five seconds of fame has a rant:

"If I see a driver recording when a train passes through I'm not going to go on that train. I'll wait for the next one because I feel the driver isn't focused and not doing what he should be doing."

-Christoph Delin, the man who discovered and reported
the videos, he clearly has too much time on his hands.

Of course all this negativity means the article is not balanced, where are the quote from people who say as long as it doesn't interfere with driving the train it is fine. After all the camera could be left unattended or could be filmed by someone else in the cab. The article does not mention the practise has been going on long before You Tube. There are some famous black and white films from the age of steam. One particular famous film is I think of Brighton to London in 7 minutes (time lapse?).

I shall let the more balanced comments come from one of the videos, Train Drivers View, I found on You Tube. Watch the video and then read the comments and form your own opinion of whether it is a good or bad thing