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Cyclists ordered to keep off pavements and footpaths
In Hull of all places. Don't we know someone from Hull?
http://www.thisishullandeastriding.c...ail/story.html A spokesman for The Northern Network, a charitable trust comprising police and residents' groups, said: "Police actively target persons committing this offence and where appropriate a verbal warning is given to the cyclist. "Where this is inappropriate, action is taken by issuing a £30 fixed penalty notice. "This is an ongoing priority." Signs have now been placed on the street reminding cyclists to ride responsibly or risk a fine. |
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Cyclists ordered to keep off pavements and footpaths
On 13/08/2012 16:52, John Benn wrote:
In Hull of all places. Don't we know someone from Hull? http://www.thisishullandeastriding.c...ail/story.html A spokesman for The Northern Network, a charitable trust comprising police and residents' groups, said: "Police actively target persons committing this offence and where appropriate a verbal warning is given to the cyclist. "Where this is inappropriate, action is taken by issuing a £30 fixed penalty notice. "This is an ongoing priority." Signs have now been placed on the street reminding cyclists to ride responsibly or risk a fine. Sounds like they're going to be paying fines. |
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Cyclists ordered to keep off pavements and footpaths
"JNugent" wrote in message ... On 13/08/2012 16:52, John Benn wrote: In Hull of all places. Don't we know someone from Hull? http://www.thisishullandeastriding.c...ail/story.html A spokesman for The Northern Network, a charitable trust comprising police and residents' groups, said: "Police actively target persons committing this offence and where appropriate a verbal warning is given to the cyclist. "Where this is inappropriate, action is taken by issuing a £30 fixed penalty notice. "This is an ongoing priority." Signs have now been placed on the street reminding cyclists to ride responsibly or risk a fine. Sounds like they're going to be paying fines. And why should signs be necessary to remind cyclists not to ride on the pavement? Shouldn't they be aware of that already? |
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Cyclists ordered to keep off pavements and footpaths
On Mon, 13 Aug 2012 17:12:03 +0100, "John Benn"
wrote: "JNugent" wrote in message ... On 13/08/2012 16:52, John Benn wrote: In Hull of all places. Don't we know someone from Hull? http://www.thisishullandeastriding.c...ail/story.html A spokesman for The Northern Network, a charitable trust comprising police and residents' groups, said: "Police actively target persons committing this offence and where appropriate a verbal warning is given to the cyclist. "Where this is inappropriate, action is taken by issuing a £30 fixed penalty notice. "This is an ongoing priority." Signs have now been placed on the street reminding cyclists to ride responsibly or risk a fine. Sounds like they're going to be paying fines. And why should signs be necessary to remind cyclists not to ride on the pavement? Shouldn't they be aware of that already? Yes. I have never understood why speed limit repeater signs are needed either. |
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Cyclists ordered to keep off pavements and footpaths
On 13/08/2012 17:31, Bertie Wooster wrote:
On Mon, 13 Aug 2012 17:12:03 +0100, "John Benn" wrote: "JNugent" wrote in message ... On 13/08/2012 16:52, John Benn wrote: In Hull of all places. Don't we know someone from Hull? http://www.thisishullandeastriding.c...ail/story.html A spokesman for The Northern Network, a charitable trust comprising police and residents' groups, said: "Police actively target persons committing this offence and where appropriate a verbal warning is given to the cyclist. "Where this is inappropriate, action is taken by issuing a £30 fixed penalty notice. "This is an ongoing priority." Signs have now been placed on the street reminding cyclists to ride responsibly or risk a fine. Sounds like they're going to be paying fines. And why should signs be necessary to remind cyclists not to ride on the pavement? Shouldn't they be aware of that already? Yes. In an ideal world. But in the real world, any person of any age, even someone with an IQ of well below the educationally-normal range, illiterate and effectively devoid of emotional intelligence can lawfully ride a bike on the highway. There is no need for them to have read the Highway Code, or to be familiar with even the most basic tenets of road traffic law. So "Yes" is arguably nothing more than pious wishful thinking. I have never understood why speed limit repeater signs are needed either. That is done so that a limit of more than 30 but less than the NSL can be enforced. It certainly isn't for the benefit of those reminded of the limit. Fancy your not knowing that. |
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Cyclists ordered to keep off pavements and footpaths
On Aug 13, 6:10*pm, JNugent wrote:
On 13/08/2012 17:31, Bertie Wooster wrote: On Mon, 13 Aug 2012 17:12:03 +0100, "John Benn" wrote: "JNugent" wrote in message ... On 13/08/2012 16:52, John Benn wrote: In Hull of all places. *Don't we know someone from Hull? http://www.thisishullandeastriding.c.../story-1669221.... A spokesman for The Northern Network, a charitable trust comprising police and residents' groups, said: "Police actively target persons committing this offence and where appropriate a verbal warning is given to the cyclist. "Where this is inappropriate, action is taken by issuing a £30 fixed penalty notice. "This is an ongoing priority." Signs have now been placed on the street reminding cyclists to ride responsibly or risk a fine. Sounds like they're going to be paying fines. And why should signs be necessary to remind cyclists not to ride on the pavement? *Shouldn't they be aware of that already? Yes. In an ideal world. But in the real world, any person of any age, even someone with an IQ of well below the educationally-normal range, illiterate and effectively devoid of emotional intelligence can lawfully ride a bike on the highway. I did not realise that an IQ test or a personality test was involved in the driving test. What a good idea for these potential killers. So when do so many motorists turn into morons then? There is no need for them to have read the Highway Code, or to be familiar with even the most basic tenets of road traffic law. "THE Driving Standards Agency has spent at least £4.3m on private investigators in a bid to crack down on test cheats, official figures have revealed. The agency responsible for practical and theory driving tests says it spent £4,307,025 on “enquiry agents” over 18 months in an attempt to catch impersonators and other cheats. The private detectives used covert surveillance videos and still photographs to catch fraudsters, as well as extensive interviewing. The DSA, in response to a Freedom of Information request, said between May 2010 and December last year it received almost 5000 notifications of suspected criminal activity." |
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Cyclists ordered to keep off pavements and footpaths
On 13/08/2012 17:31, Bertie Wooster wrote:
On Mon, 13 Aug 2012 17:12:03 +0100, "John Benn" wrote: "JNugent" wrote in message ... On 13/08/2012 16:52, John Benn wrote: In Hull of all places. Don't we know someone from Hull? http://www.thisishullandeastriding.c...ail/story.html A spokesman for The Northern Network, a charitable trust comprising police and residents' groups, said: "Police actively target persons committing this offence and where appropriate a verbal warning is given to the cyclist. "Where this is inappropriate, action is taken by issuing a £30 fixed penalty notice. "This is an ongoing priority." Signs have now been placed on the street reminding cyclists to ride responsibly or risk a fine. Sounds like they're going to be paying fines. And why should signs be necessary to remind cyclists not to ride on the pavement? Shouldn't they be aware of that already? Yes. I have never understood why speed limit repeater signs are needed either. I don't imagine you would, not being the sharpest knife in the drawer. -- Dave - Cyclists VOR. "Many people barely recognise the bicycle as a legitimate mode of transport; it is either a toy for children or a vehicle fit only for the poor and/or strange," Dave Horton, of Lancaster University, wrote in an interim assessment of the Understanding Walking and Cycling study. "For them, cycling is a bit embarrassing, they fail to see its purpose, and have no interest in integrating it into their lives, certainly on a regular basis." |
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Cyclists ordered to keep off pavements and footpaths
"John Benn" wrote in message ... In Hull of all places. Don't we know someone from Hull? http://www.thisishullandeastriding.c...ail/story.html A spokesman for The Northern Network, a charitable trust comprising police and residents' groups, said: "Police actively target persons committing this offence and where appropriate a verbal warning is given to the cyclist. "Where this is inappropriate, action is taken by issuing a £30 fixed penalty notice. "This is an ongoing priority." Signs have now been placed on the street reminding cyclists to ride responsibly or risk a fine. Even though cycling on the road is extremly dangerous, from pothols and sunken drains and ignorant motorists |
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Cyclists ordered to keep off pavements and footpaths
"JNugent" wrote in message ... On 13/08/2012 16:52, John Benn wrote: In Hull of all places. Don't we know someone from Hull? http://www.thisishullandeastriding.c...ail/story.html A spokesman for The Northern Network, a charitable trust comprising police and residents' groups, said: "Police actively target persons committing this offence and where appropriate a verbal warning is given to the cyclist. "Where this is inappropriate, action is taken by issuing a £30 fixed penalty notice. "This is an ongoing priority." Signs have now been placed on the street reminding cyclists to ride responsibly or risk a fine. Sounds like they're going to be paying fines. I would tell them to take it to court! |
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Cyclists ordered to keep off pavements and footpaths
"Squashme" wrote in message ... On Aug 13, 6:10 pm, JNugent wrote: On 13/08/2012 17:31, Bertie Wooster wrote: On Mon, 13 Aug 2012 17:12:03 +0100, "John Benn" wrote: "JNugent" wrote in message ... On 13/08/2012 16:52, John Benn wrote: In Hull of all places. Don't we know someone from Hull? http://www.thisishullandeastriding.c.../story-1669221... A spokesman for The Northern Network, a charitable trust comprising police and residents' groups, said: "Police actively target persons committing this offence and where appropriate a verbal warning is given to the cyclist. "Where this is inappropriate, action is taken by issuing a £30 fixed penalty notice. "This is an ongoing priority." Signs have now been placed on the street reminding cyclists to ride responsibly or risk a fine. Sounds like they're going to be paying fines. And why should signs be necessary to remind cyclists not to ride on the pavement? Shouldn't they be aware of that already? Yes. In an ideal world. But in the real world, any person of any age, even someone with an IQ of well below the educationally-normal range, illiterate and effectively devoid of emotional intelligence can lawfully ride a bike on the highway. I did not realise that an IQ test or a personality test was involved in the driving test. What a good idea for these potential killers. So when do so many motorists turn into morons then? Because they have never riden a bicycle! There is no need for them to have read the Highway Code, or to be familiar with even the most basic tenets of road traffic law. "THE Driving Standards Agency has spent at least £4.3m on private investigators in a bid to crack down on test cheats, official figures have revealed. The agency responsible for practical and theory driving tests says it spent £4,307,025 on “enquiry agents” over 18 months in an attempt to catch impersonators and other cheats. The private detectives used covert surveillance videos and still photographs to catch fraudsters, as well as extensive interviewing. The DSA, in response to a Freedom of Information request, said between May 2010 and December last year it received almost 5000 notifications of suspected criminal activity." |
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