I think another reason why one would want to avoid the video option
and/or stay away from anything that would allow the S-turns to be
avoided (however foolishly) is the fact that an aircraft, or any large,
slow moving vehicle, for that matter, is a lot harder to detect when
coming straight at you. S-turns, no matter how small (leaving the
pilot's visibility factor alone for a moment,) will make you much more
visible to those in front.

I can say from experience, that this happens. In a former life, I did
electronics and communications at a large race track (which would, in
several ways, fit in the same noisiness and distraction class as a busy
flightline) - some of the bigger events had 50-60 thousand spectators
and the biggest, about 100K.

It never failed to amaze me how invisible a 1-ton,
bright-utility-company-orange diesel bucket truck can be to pedestrians
(even the sober ones). I have actually stopped dead because someone
walking towards me just kept coming. A couple have actually bumped into
the front of the truck before noticing. While I typically didn't S-turn
the truck, I could see that I was noticed much more when I was
approaching the people from an angle.

Just my 0.00002 AMUs.

Randy