Police Target anti-social cycling

I have just read in our local paper that the police are to target
anti-social cyclists.

"Residents are concerned that people riding on pavements could cause a
collision"

"PCs and PCSOs have the power to stop people riding bikes on footpaths and
will issue a £30 fixed penalty to anyone who repeatedly cycles on a
footpath".

Ok, so we don't get much crime round here but as a cyclist I think it is a
good thing. We need to get cyclists on to the roads, not only to make the
pavements safer, but also to make the roads safer. In our area pavement
cycling is done by an overwhelming majority, and those who do us the road,
are often in the gutter.

Good or bad?

"mileburner" wrote in message news:grnql0

Ok, so we don't get much crime round here but as a cyclist I think it is a
good thing. We need to get cyclists on to the roads, not only to make the
pavements safer, but also to make the roads safer. In our area pavement
cycling is done by an overwhelming majority, and those who do us the road,
are often in the gutter.

Good or bad?


Good, they give us a bad name and should be fined, but I'd like to see car
drivers fined for parking on pavements too.


--
Simon Mason
http://www.simonmason.karoo.net/

On Fri, 10 Apr 2009 17:03:42 +0100
"mileburner" wrote:

I have just read in our local paper that the police are to target
anti-social cyclists.

"Residents are concerned that people riding on pavements could cause
a collision"

"PCs and PCSOs have the power to stop people riding bikes on
footpaths and will issue a £30 fixed penalty to anyone who repeatedly
cycles on a footpath".

Ok, so we don't get much crime round here but as a cyclist I think it
is a good thing. We need to get cyclists on to the roads, not only to
make the pavements safer, but also to make the roads safer. In our
area pavement cycling is done by an overwhelming majority, and those
who do us the road, are often in the gutter.

Good or bad?


Excellent. Except that around here the PCSOs seem to cycle on
pavements and in gutters. Maybe they should be telling cyclists
where is good to ride, rather than just where is bad - after
receiving suitable training themselves, of course.

On 10 Apr, 17:03, "mileburner" wrote:
I have just read in our local paper that the police are to target
anti-social cyclists.

"Residents are concerned that people riding on pavements could cause a
collision"

"PCs and PCSOs have the power to stop people riding bikes on footpaths and
will issue a £30 fixed penalty to anyone who repeatedly cycles on a
footpath".

Ok, so we don't get much crime round here but as a cyclist I think it is a
good thing. We need to get cyclists on to the roads, not only to make the
pavements safer, but also to make the roads safer. In our area pavement
cycling is done by an overwhelming majority, and those who do us the road,
are often in the gutter.

Good or bad?

I could have used them last week. I passed a juvenile-ish **** riding
onehanded on busy South London pavement, talking on mobile phone. Is a
miniature crossbow too much to ask for? I'd willingly serve the time.

On Fri, 10 Apr 2009 17:03:42 +0100, "mileburner"
wrote:

"Residents are concerned that people riding on pavements could cause a
collision"

People have the odd idea that cycling is dangerous, and that riding on
the pavement is safer than riding on the road. I can't imagine where
they get these ideas, it's not as if councils actively encourage the
mistaken belief that riding on the pavement is somehow desirable, so
perhaps the PCSOs could be persuaded to promote Bikeability and start
knocking down the pernicious myth of "bike danger".

Guy
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simple, neat and wrong" - HL Mencken

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On 10 Apr, 17:03, "mileburner" wrote:
I have just read in our local paper that the police are to target
anti-social cyclists.

"Residents are concerned that people riding on pavements could cause a
collision"

"PCs and PCSOs have the power to stop people riding bikes on footpaths and
will issue a £30 fixed penalty to anyone who repeatedly cycles on a
footpath".

Ok, so we don't get much crime round here but as a cyclist I think it is a
good thing. We need to get cyclists on to the roads, not only to make the
pavements safer, but also to make the roads safer. In our area pavement
cycling is done by an overwhelming majority, and those who do us the road,
are often in the gutter.

Good or bad?

I could have used them last week. I passed a juvenile-ish **** riding
onehanded on busy South London pavement, talking on mobile phone. Is a
miniature crossbow too much to ask for? I'd willingly serve the time.






I encountered a **** last week who thought he'd walk along the cycle lane
(not the pedestrian allocated space) listening to some personal wireless
device and reading some magazine at the same time. The moron was so
distracted, my bell being useless, that I passed the idiot on the pedestrian
side leaving him unaware.

Phil W Lee wrote:
"mileburner" considered Fri, 10 Apr 2009
17:03:42 +0100 the perfect time to write:

I have just read in our local paper that the police are to target
anti-social cyclists.

"Residents are concerned that people riding on pavements could cause a
collision"

"PCs and PCSOs have the power to stop people riding bikes on footpaths and
will issue a £30 fixed penalty to anyone who repeatedly cycles on a
footpath".

Ok, so we don't get much crime round here but as a cyclist I think it is a
good thing. We need to get cyclists on to the roads, not only to make the
pavements safer, but also to make the roads safer. In our area pavement
cycling is done by an overwhelming majority, and those who do us the road,
are often in the gutter.

Good or bad?

Good - If they've already done everything necessary to sort out the
anti-social and dangerous driving behaviour that discourages cyclists
from using the roads.

Why?

Sadly, I very much doubt that is the case.

What's its relevance anyway?

Have these police officers ever heard of the difference between
evidence and hearsay?
And have they no wish to follow guidance issued from the home office?

I doubt they'll rely on hearsay evidence.

On Fri, 10 Apr 2009 09:36:10 -0700 (PDT), wrote:

On 10 Apr, 17:03, "mileburner" wrote:
I have just read in our local paper that the police are to target
anti-social cyclists.

"Residents are concerned that people riding on pavements could cause a
collision"

"PCs and PCSOs have the power to stop people riding bikes on footpaths and
will issue a £30 fixed penalty to anyone who repeatedly cycles on a
footpath".

Ok, so we don't get much crime round here but as a cyclist I think it is a
good thing. We need to get cyclists on to the roads, not only to make the
pavements safer, but also to make the roads safer. In our area pavement
cycling is done by an overwhelming majority, and those who do us the road,
are often in the gutter.

Good or bad?

I could have used them last week. I passed a juvenile-ish **** riding
onehanded on busy South London pavement, talking on mobile phone. Is a
miniature crossbow too much to ask for? I'd willingly serve the time.

Good stout walking stick through the front spokes. Also useful to
defend yourself afterwards when you have one mightily ****ed-off
juvenile-ish ****.

On Apr 10, 5:15*pm, "Simon Mason"
wrote:
"mileburner" wrote in message news:grnql0

Ok, so we don't get much crime round here but as a cyclist I think it is a
good thing. We need to get cyclists on to the roads, not only to make the
pavements safer, but also to make the roads safer. In our area pavement
cycling is done by an overwhelming majority, and those who do us the road,
are often in the gutter.

Good or bad?

Good, they give us a bad name and should be fined, but I'd like to see car
drivers fined for parking on pavements too.

--
Simon Masonhttp://www.simonmason.karoo.net/

Yes if motorists park on the footway they should be punished.

Francis

On Apr 10, 5:39*pm, "Just zis Guy, you know?"
wrote:
On Fri, 10 Apr 2009 17:03:42 +0100, "mileburner"

wrote:
"Residents are concerned that people riding on pavements could cause a
collision"

People have the odd idea that cycling is dangerous, and that riding on
the pavement is safer than riding on the road. *I can't imagine where
they get these ideas, it's not as if councils actively encourage the
mistaken belief that riding on the pavement is somehow desirable, so
perhaps the PCSOs could be persuaded to promote Bikeability and start
knocking down the pernicious myth of "bike danger".

Guy
--http://www.chapmancentral.co.uk/urc

"To every complex problem there is a solution which is
simple, neat and wrong" - HL Mencken

Newsgroup may contain nuts.

I don't care if you think cycling on the footway is safer, it is
against the law & is dangerous.

Francis