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andrew carver
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"Jeremy Collins" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> On Sat, 25 Jun 2005 15:26:05 +0100, Simon Brooke <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>
> > This is not an excuse. Unfortunately I don't know what one does about
> > it. Possibly some more generally available basic training for cyclists,
> > and possibly the police should be empowered, when the encounter a
> > cyclist engaging in idiocy to offer them the alternative of going on
> > basic training or facing prosecution.
>
> Absolutely. An unenforced rule is no rule at all. Yesterday, outside
> my house, I watched a young man riding a MTB on the pavement come
> up behind a policeman, squeeze past him and continue on his way! Mr.
> Copper said nothing at all.
Every day I go past a fruit and veg shop on my commute. Very often his van
is parked outside unloading. Invariably it is parked on the white zig zags
on the approach to a crossing AFAIK this is punishable by a fine and three
points. (They could park 1 metre back and be legal). It is literally round
the corner from a cop shop and I have frequently seen cop cars drive past
obliviously. They must see it every day too. What does this prove? It goes
on all the time.
Given the relative mass and speed of bikes v cars surely its worse for cars
to do it. I'm not even 120kg on my bike but I'm above 1200kg in my car.
Andrew
>
> --
> jc
newsp.ssy1asso4al0tm@office...
> On Sat, 25 Jun 2005 15:26:05 +0100, Simon Brooke <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>
> > This is not an excuse. Unfortunately I don't know what one does about
> > it. Possibly some more generally available basic training for cyclists,
> > and possibly the police should be empowered, when the encounter a
> > cyclist engaging in idiocy to offer them the alternative of going on
> > basic training or facing prosecution.
>
> Absolutely. An unenforced rule is no rule at all. Yesterday, outside
> my house, I watched a young man riding a MTB on the pavement come
> up behind a policeman, squeeze past him and continue on his way! Mr.
> Copper said nothing at all.
Every day I go past a fruit and veg shop on my commute. Very often his van
is parked outside unloading. Invariably it is parked on the white zig zags
on the approach to a crossing AFAIK this is punishable by a fine and three
points. (They could park 1 metre back and be legal). It is literally round
the corner from a cop shop and I have frequently seen cop cars drive past
obliviously. They must see it every day too. What does this prove? It goes
on all the time.
Given the relative mass and speed of bikes v cars surely its worse for cars
to do it. I'm not even 120kg on my bike but I'm above 1200kg in my car.
Andrew
>
> --
> jc