He's right though - unfortunately.



"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

>
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> jc
 
On Mon, 27 Jun 2005 14:06:59 +0100 someone who may be stupot
<***@nospamwowo.com> wrote this:-

>David Hansen wrote:
>> Near the eastern end of Princes Street in Edinburgh there are now
>> two signs, one on either side of the road. During the day these are
>> lit up with a no entry sign, below which there is wording about
>> except for buses taxis and bikes. One doesn't come across these by
>> accident, there are signs indicating this before one gets there and
>> there is an alternative route for banned traffic just at the signs.
>> There is a steady trickle of motorists breaking the law at this
>> point and very few of them suddenly take the alternative route when
>> they see the restriction.

>
>Are the police having a run-in time period where they let off drivers?


IIRC this was to finish around now.

However, as the police don't enforce any of the other car bans I
doubt if they will do anything to enforce this one.


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