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From: Scotius on 6 Aug 2010 16:59
On Sat, 12 Nov 2005 22:38:16 -0500, Cynicor
<j..tru.p.i.n...(a)speakeasy.net> wrote:

>NYC has rules now that you can't photograph from a bridge. However,
>there are no rules saying you can't photograph the bridge itself. I took
>this just off the Belt Parkway tonight, and fought off a rat between my
>tripod and my car door on the way back!
>
>http://trupin.smugmug.com/gallery/954699/1/44216856
>http://trupin.smugmug.com/gallery/954699/1/44220725

Anyone trained to place explosives in even the most basic way
could take one look at a bridge and know exactly where to put them,
I'm sure.
Therefore, the rules regarding not being able to take pictures
from bridges are not for the reasons they claim they are.
From: Peter on 6 Aug 2010 17:09
"Scotius" <yodasbud(a)mnsi.net> wrote in message
news:9sto56d3um6a055ijt34a7as5k89lu98mh(a)4ax.com...
> On Sat, 12 Nov 2005 22:38:16 -0500, Cynicor
> <j..tru.p.i.n...(a)speakeasy.net> wrote:
>
>>NYC has rules now that you can't photograph from a bridge. However,
>>there are no rules saying you can't photograph the bridge itself. I took
>>this just off the Belt Parkway tonight, and fought off a rat between my
>>tripod and my car door on the way back!
>>
>>http://trupin.smugmug.com/gallery/954699/1/44216856
>>http://trupin.smugmug.com/gallery/954699/1/44220725
>
> Anyone trained to place explosives in even the most basic way
> could take one look at a bridge and know exactly where to put them,
> I'm sure.
> Therefore, the rules regarding not being able to take pictures
> from bridges are not for the reasons they claim they are.


NYC has no rule prohibiting photos from or of bridges. The MTA has such a
rule as to their bridges, but it is rarely enforced. Also their is no MTA
bridge that has a walkway..


--
Peter

From: tony cooper on 6 Aug 2010 17:11
On Fri, 06 Aug 2010 16:59:33 -0400, Scotius <yodasbud(a)mnsi.net> wrote:

>On Sat, 12 Nov 2005 22:38:16 -0500, Cynicor
><j..tru.p.i.n...(a)speakeasy.net> wrote:
>
>>NYC has rules now that you can't photograph from a bridge. However,
>>there are no rules saying you can't photograph the bridge itself. I took
>>this just off the Belt Parkway tonight, and fought off a rat between my
>>tripod and my car door on the way back!
>>
>>http://trupin.smugmug.com/gallery/954699/1/44216856
>>http://trupin.smugmug.com/gallery/954699/1/44220725
>
> Anyone trained to place explosives in even the most basic way
>could take one look at a bridge and know exactly where to put them,
>I'm sure.
> Therefore, the rules regarding not being able to take pictures
>from bridges are not for the reasons they claim they are.

I'm not of the opinion that the bad guys take pictures of bridges in
order to blow them up, but your comment is not particularly logical as
a reason a photograph would not be needed to blow up a bridge.

The bad guy explosive expert could take a photograph of the bridge in
order to provide a diagram for his underlings to use as a map in
placing the charges. The guys actually placing the charges may not be
explosives experts.

If I'm running a terrorist group, I'm not sending my explosive expert
out on the bridge. I'm going send more expendable troops out with
just enough training to know how, but not necessarily where, to place
the charges.



--
Tony Cooper - Orlando, Florida
From: Robert Coe on 6 Aug 2010 18:54
On Fri, 06 Aug 2010 16:59:33 -0400, Scotius <yodasbud(a)mnsi.net> wrote:
: On Sat, 12 Nov 2005 22:38:16 -0500, Cynicor
: <j..tru.p.i.n...(a)speakeasy.net> wrote:
:
: >NYC has rules now that you can't photograph from a bridge. However,
: >there are no rules saying you can't photograph the bridge itself. I took
: >this just off the Belt Parkway tonight, and fought off a rat between my
: >tripod and my car door on the way back!
: >
: >http://trupin.smugmug.com/gallery/954699/1/44216856
: >http://trupin.smugmug.com/gallery/954699/1/44220725
:
: Anyone trained to place explosives in even the most basic way
: could take one look at a bridge and know exactly where to put them,
: I'm sure.
: Therefore, the rules regarding not being able to take pictures
: from bridges are not for the reasons they claim they are.

Of course they're not. Undoubtedly they're so that the photographer can't show
the public how poorly the bridges are maintained.

Bob
From: Robert Coe on 6 Aug 2010 18:59
On Fri, 6 Aug 2010 17:09:03 -0400, "Peter" <peternew(a)nospamoptonline.net>
wrote:
: "Scotius" <yodasbud(a)mnsi.net> wrote in message
: news:9sto56d3um6a055ijt34a7as5k89lu98mh(a)4ax.com...
: > On Sat, 12 Nov 2005 22:38:16 -0500, Cynicor
: > <j..tru.p.i.n...(a)speakeasy.net> wrote:
: >
: >>NYC has rules now that you can't photograph from a bridge. However,
: >>there are no rules saying you can't photograph the bridge itself. I took
: >>this just off the Belt Parkway tonight, and fought off a rat between my
: >>tripod and my car door on the way back!
: >>
: >>http://trupin.smugmug.com/gallery/954699/1/44216856
: >>http://trupin.smugmug.com/gallery/954699/1/44220725
: >
: > Anyone trained to place explosives in even the most basic way
: > could take one look at a bridge and know exactly where to put them,
: > I'm sure.
: > Therefore, the rules regarding not being able to take pictures
: > from bridges are not for the reasons they claim they are.
:
:
: NYC has no rule prohibiting photos from or of bridges. The MTA has such a
: rule as to their bridges, but it is rarely enforced. Also their is no MTA
: bridge that has a walkway..

How do you account for the prohibition of photography on the George Washington
Bridge?

My wife is afraid to drive on the bridge, so we have an understood division of
labor: I drive, and she takes the obligatory pictures of the "no photography"
signs. ;^)

Bob
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