Police camera action....

[Zoomj]

Originally Posted by gtst lad

if we're going to complain properly to ofcom i reckon we need someone to write up a decent complaint letter detailling all the negative points/effects on the sports image in a a word document then we all download it and sign/address and deliver

Good idea! i am going to complain as well, but i don't know how i would word it etc.. heh

[LiGhTnInG]

Originally Posted by EDC Admin

Hi,

To confirm we didnt give permission for the show producers to film at the Donington event although I was aware of them requesting to film Time Attack - which didnt go ahead and was not agreed.

I will ask the Donny organisers about the issue though as its far from ideal.

In the meantime should you feel strongly enough about the programme, you can complain directly to Ofcom which I found a link for, link here : A specific programme | Ofcom

Hopefully with enough complaints they will need to change the programme which no doubt has unlimited re-runs all over the satellite channels for the next millenium.


Cheers

Andy

Use section 4a for this description:

I am a participant in the motorsport known as drifting, and i feel you depicted the sport unfairly in your programme, showing dangerous activities on the street and associating them with track time at Santa pod events.
The statement made on the programme alluded (made an indirect reference) to drifting as a whole, and associated it with the illegal activities caught on camera on the public highway. I would like all future publications and airings of this episode to be cancelled, and a public apology aired.

and don't forget to click Yes, on section 6.

[suprmek1]

Complained

[cefiro_drifta]

wat time was it on and when did it end as i need those details to complain

edit - never mind found it on there site... complained

frickign spankers

[sbooker]

complaint sent

[gtst lad]

complained....tis what i wrote..

Title:
Mr

Forename:
paul

Surname:
bell

Contact phone number:
xxxxxxxxx

Organisation (if applicable):

Flat number and building (if applicable):
xxxxxxxxx

House number and street name:
xxxxxxx

Postal town:
xxxxxx

Postcode:
xxxxxx

Email:
xxxxxxx

Please untick if you do NOT want your details disclosed to a research agency working on Ofcom's behalf:
I do not want to be contacted for research

Please untick this box if there are circumstances (e.g. risk of harm or damage) why your contact and/or complaint details should NOT be disclosed to the broadcaster and we will contact you to discuss your concerns. If we are unable to contact you - or if you do not give your consent - we will not pass your contact details to the broadcaster. Instead, in order to investigate your complaint, we may summarise your complaint and send that summary to the broadcaster for comment.:
Please do not disclose my details

Programme title:
police camera action

Date(s) & time(s) of broadcast:
21/07/08

Start of programme:
9pm

End of programme:
10pm

Channel / station:
itv1

Are you the person affected:
Yes

Are you making a complaint on behalf of the person affected:
No

Do you have appropriate written authorisation from the person affected:
No

4a Were you treated unfairly in the programme as broadcast:
Yes

If yes please set out your complaint as fully as possible:
I am a participant in the motorsport known as drifting, and i feel you depicted the sport unfairly in your programme, showing dangerous activities on the street and associating them with track time at Santa pod events.
The statement made on the programme alluded (made an indirect reference) to drifting as a whole, and associated it with the illegal activities caught on camera on the public highway. I would like all future publications and airings of this episode to be cancelled, and a public apology aired.

4b Was your privacy unwarrantably infringed during the making of the programme:
No

If yes please set out your complaint as fully as possible:

4c Was your privacy unwarrantably infringed in the programme as broadcast:
No

If yes please set out your complaint as fully as possible:

Have you already made a complaint to the broadcaster:
No

If yes please provide details of outcome:

Have you made your complaint within the relevant time limit:
Yes

If no please provide reasons for the delay:

Please tick appropriate box:
No

If yes please give details of any proceedings:

Would you be willing to consider an offer of appropriate resolution:
Yes

Please tick the box if you understand and agree to the terms of the declaration above:
yes

[Lex]

Good effort people - i have spoke to Pod who are making thier own complaint

I think the compliant would carry more weight if was ammened to read :

I am a participant in the motorsport known as drifting, and i feel you depicted the sport unfairly in your programme, showing dangerous illegal activities on the street and associating them withlegal track time at Santa pod events.
The statement made on the programme alluded (made an indirect reference) to drifting as a whole, and associated it with the illegal activities caught on camera on the public highway. I would like all future publications and airings of this episode to be cancelled, and a public apology aired.


also i think the bods at ofcom have sufficient grasp of english to comprehend what alluded means

Id guess that people who were actually featured in the show would have more grounds to complain than those of us who just partake in the sport

here is mine :

Police camera action ran an expose of boy racer culture

They used cleverly edited footage of a legal drift racing demonstration that I organise for Santa Pod raceway in a manner that made it appear that the drivers featured where braking the law by driving recklessly on the road and having illegally modifed vehilces

This could not be further from the thruth. The demonstration is used to highlight how santa pod can be used as a venue for so called 'boy racers' to practice driving technique away from the public higway in a legal, safe and controlled manner

The suggestion that the cars are illegally modified is also grossly unfair. A high percentage of the cars featured are not actually road cars. they are race cars that are trailered to the event and are never driven on the queens public highway. The ones that are driven on the road all have valid tax, MOT and insurance and no illegal modifications

I am extremely perturbed by this programme - the drivers featured and I are outraged at being made to look like criminals on national TV

I look forward to you feedback

[DRIFTER.P]

complaint filed too

what a crock of shite
and all the footage shown of the cars chased was stolen none drift cars and bog standard chav mobiles
and they started with show cars , people that have spent thousand of pounds making the motors look better and stereos to match
i didnt see any cars like that doing anything wrong too
ok there was a few numptys at the ace cafe but not once did i see any drifting on the puplic roads
just on the track by professionals in controlled circumstances by cars that are as we all no built to high spec saftey regulations
boy racer antics will happen no matter what they put on the tv
and scaring some little boy with a fake crash would have played on his mind for about a week till his mates want him to go to a cruise or something like that

make me cringe that a newish sport like drifting can be thrown into a programme like that and yet clarkson on top gear can chuck a car sideway everyweek and that doesnt encourage peeps to go and do it either
TOSSERS
thats enough now im going back to my xbox and boy racer on grid !!!

[Mr White]

i watched that stupid program and the silly fat idiots showed a clip of me at the pod! WTF i was a payin customer doin some sunday skiddin on private land and in controlled conditions, the bdc pro ams r gonna love me 4 that aint they,i wasnt asked if i could b filmed or if they could show the footage! twats even left my registration mark de blurred,gettin loadsa grief from ppl now branding me a boy racer!!!

NOT HAPPY AND IM SEEKIN LEGAL ADVICE ABOUT THE MATTER

[Stavros]

Mr White etc- damn right, cause as much shit for them as poss, they deserve it, utter clowns

[LiGhTnInG]

Originally Posted by Mr White

i watched that stupid program and the silly fat idiots showed a clip of me at the pod! WTF i was a payin customer doin some sunday skiddin on private land and in controlled conditions, the bdc pro ams r gonna love me 4 that aint they,i wasnt asked if i could b filmed or if they could show the footage! twats even left my registration mark de blurred,gettin loadsa grief from ppl now branding me a boy racer!!!

NOT HAPPY AND IM SEEKIN LEGAL ADVICE ABOUT THE MATTER

complain to ofcom.

best thing you can do.

[kam]

I'll do this at work tomorrow, good on everyone!!! Especially those that were featured in the filming!

Utter idiots, obviously looking into nothing!!!!!

[Mr White]

there proper gonna get it were skidders not muggy little thieving chavs wiv big stereos and fwd

[G-Man]

looks like we're getting somewhere...I'd love to know the exact number of complaints that this has raised!
Some of the guys round my way caught it and now, because i skid, I'm guilty by association to twocers and the like. Great...just when the local police were getting off my case...here we go again. Thanks ITV for inadvertantly criminalising my ride!

[xborninthefightx]

Cant watch the vid, it just keeps showing the fricking ads. Any other links to it.

[lil ben]

Originally Posted by Mr White

NOT HAPPY AND IM SEEKIN LEGAL ADVICE ABOUT THE MATTER

If you were at the pod, read the back of the ticket and it says they have to right to do what they want with any videos taken

[Bunny]

What ITV or POD?

If POD then they must have given consent

[LiGhTnInG]

Originally Posted by lil ben

If you were at the pod, read the back of the ticket and it says they have to right to do what they want with any videos taken

Does that mean that Santa Pod has the right to do what they want with any video's taken? And AFAIK, Police Camera Action didn't have authority to film the Pod event?

Someone correct me if i'm wrong?

[lil ben]

I'll type it up when I'm home and can copy it as per the ticket.

[sbooker]

Originally Posted by Lex

Good effort people - i have spoke to Pod who are making thier own complaint