Re: Drunk cityrail driver

[Bill <billguest@the.net.nz>]

A scanner may be fun, but be careful what you repeat. The law as I understand
it is that listening to radio communications is not illegal, but "making use"
of what you hear may well be. As I see it, that means repeating it. In a lot of
situations, it probably has no significance at all, but if there could be a
question of criminal proceedings, or of employment disciplinary proceedings, it
would be prudent to omit the mention of the scanner as the source of your
information.

But I agree, it is interesting listening in!

thebaron@nospam.ozemail.com.au wrote:

> Yesterday i was listening with my new scanner and heard that the police
> had been called to breathalise the driver of a cityrail train due to arrive
> at platform 18 at central at 10.57am yesterday morning. The train would
> be held until they arrived. bit of a worry, anyone hear what happened.
> You'd have to assume the guard reported him and was scared half to death.