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Dansk Jernbaneforbund has reported Viaplay Group Danmark and celebrities in the TV program ‘Til middår hos’ to the police, the association writes on Facebook. Lawyer Jakob Buch-Jepsen has submitted the police report to the Central and West Zealand Police on behalf of the association.
“In the notification, emphasis is placed on the fact that the behavior displayed is not only a danger to the persons in question, but also a danger to train staff”, writes the union.
The review is based on a recent episode of the TV programme, where the four participants, TV personality Peter Aalbæk, Danish People’s Party’s Mette Thiesen, designer Soeren Le Schmidt and podcast host Ditte Okman, step over the train tracks where there is no access.
“The Danish Railways Association has members who have been devastated by PTSD due to collisions or near-miss collisions and has members who teach school students how dangerous it is to travel on the tracks,” the association writes further in the post.
“Society spends a lot of money to prevent track runners – yet prominent people, including a member of parliament, break the law, which is supported by Viaplay Group Denmark A/S, adds the Danish Railways Association.
In addition to Viaplay and the participants, the association has also reported two photographers, a sound man and two editors from Viaplay to the police.
Mette Thiesen apologized last week for her behavior in the program after she had been contacted by train drivers.
“I always make an effort – and try to be a good role model, for example by cycling with a bicycle helmet. But this one missed – I admit that openly”, she wrote on Facebook.
However, Peter Aalbæk told Ekstra Bladet that he did not regret his actions.
At the same time, Viaplay complained to Ekstra Bladet that they had not been clear enough in explaining that it is illegal to walk on the rails.
“In the mentioned case with Peter Aalbæk, we – by showing the sign with ‘traffic prohibited’ – make the viewers aware that traffic on the rails is prohibited, but we would like to apologize if this has not been clear enough/they disturb the scene in question has resulted in”, said editor Trine Kongegaard in an email to the media.
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Source: politiken.dk
