Once I started working for a Dutch based company in their London office it was funny to see even the Amsterdam natives think London cyclists are complete psychopaths who put themselves in dangerous situations (for themselves and pedestrians) for no reason.
Automatedluxury on
There are perfectly adequate ways to seize bikes involved in nuisance already, problem is lack of enforcement. You really need dedicated officers on crosser bikes, otherwise they are nigh on impossible to catch. Used to be a pair of them would do a few shifts in my area, get a couple of dozen of them and do another town for a few days. They were cut about 10 years ago and presumably it’s not cheap to train new ones.
JockAussie on
Oh yay, new laws which nobody will enforce. Woop-de-fucking-doo
itchyfrog on
They’ve got to catch them first.
Surely the police already have powers to seize bikes that, if they are not stolen or completely illegal on roads, are almost certainly being driven without licences, insurance, helmets etc.?
GhostRiders on
You can introduce all the laws you want but if you don’t have enough Police Officers to enforce thoselaws it’s pointless.
We need at the very least another 10k Police Officers as well as support staff.
jibjap on
A police officer chasing a bike risks a career ending collision every time, either through a the crash or the subsequent criminal prosecution.
The public and government need to decide what they want the police to do and let them , even if it’s nothing.
They can’t do half
AlexT301 on
You see “new rules” so often.. are these rules or laws because there’s a massive difference
Desperate-Phase8418 on
Nobody read the thing, eh? It talks about MOTORbikes, not bicycles. As in a registered vehicle. They can now aprehend the vehicle without warning/questioning/etc.
beachtopeak on
Is this a new news aggregator? I’ve not come across it before
GreenFuel7454 on
It’s all blah blah yawn from this government. They talk a lot but no action re crime .
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Once I started working for a Dutch based company in their London office it was funny to see even the Amsterdam natives think London cyclists are complete psychopaths who put themselves in dangerous situations (for themselves and pedestrians) for no reason.
There are perfectly adequate ways to seize bikes involved in nuisance already, problem is lack of enforcement. You really need dedicated officers on crosser bikes, otherwise they are nigh on impossible to catch. Used to be a pair of them would do a few shifts in my area, get a couple of dozen of them and do another town for a few days. They were cut about 10 years ago and presumably it’s not cheap to train new ones.
Oh yay, new laws which nobody will enforce. Woop-de-fucking-doo
They’ve got to catch them first.
Surely the police already have powers to seize bikes that, if they are not stolen or completely illegal on roads, are almost certainly being driven without licences, insurance, helmets etc.?
You can introduce all the laws you want but if you don’t have enough Police Officers to enforce thoselaws it’s pointless.
We need at the very least another 10k Police Officers as well as support staff.
A police officer chasing a bike risks a career ending collision every time, either through a the crash or the subsequent criminal prosecution.
The public and government need to decide what they want the police to do and let them , even if it’s nothing.
They can’t do half
You see “new rules” so often.. are these rules or laws because there’s a massive difference
Nobody read the thing, eh? It talks about MOTORbikes, not bicycles. As in a registered vehicle. They can now aprehend the vehicle without warning/questioning/etc.
Is this a new news aggregator? I’ve not come across it before
It’s all blah blah yawn from this government. They talk a lot but no action re crime .