Google reps run out of town!

Streetview Car blocked by angry mob, narrowly avoids tar and feathering.

Rich villagers in UK's Buckinghamshire were transformed into a seething mob more menacing than a bunch of anticapitalist protestors by the sight of a Google Street View car snapping their homes.

Residents of the village of Broughton were outraged to see the vehicle on their manor and called the plod, claiming their privacy was under threat.

According to the Times they then formed a human chain to block the distinctive van's progress.

"How dare anyone take a photograph of my home without my consent?" said one furious villager. "This is an affluent area. We've already had three burglaries locally in the past six weeks. If our houses are plastered all over Google it's an invitation for more criminals to strike. I was determined to make a stand, so I called the police."

The 'concerned citizen¹' then went round banging on his neighbours' doors until he'd mustered a big enough posse to run the Googlemonster out of town.

Local police confirmed they'd been called to the scene but only arrived after the Street Viewer had left the scene - and very quickly, too!

Google insists its service isn't breaking any laws but will remove or blot our faces when their owners object, just in case.

1. Idiot.