pcso879 wrote:
I set up a cycling Operation on my patch.
We had so many people coming to us over the period of a year telling us “these bloody cyclists” this and that.
I decided we needed this Op when an elderly gent told us about a cyclist that hit him and put him in hospital for seven weeks, he now walks with a stick.
We conducted an Operation on a main high street, fining Cyclists on the pavement, the wrong way down the one way road and threw red lights etc etc.
It was very successful, there appeared less cycle offences over the next couple of months and public perception was that we had a grip on things.
Well done - you!
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One thing that I’ve noticed about cyclists is that the majority of them felt they were not committing an offence and were pretty rude to us, one even refused to stop for an officer saying “ow get lost, I’m late for work”.
The officer chased after her and grabbed her as she tried to get in to the lift at her workplace, she was a little embarrassed in front of her colleagues to say the least.
She received a fine for failing to stop and a good telling off.
Trouble is - some of them do seem to think that cycling somehow makes one "law abiding and saviours of the planet " Some of them take slightest criticism of the
minority who ride in a shoddy and aggressive manner personally and generally "anti-cycling" when no such thing is written - more a comment on the behaviour of an arrogant and highly aggressive minority who behave (or would behave if licenced to drive) in pretty much the same ill-mannered way if in charge of a car or motorbike
Of course - it does not help matters when you read letters such as the one which appeared in the "Bolton News" (I like this paper - fallen for Angela Kelly's pieces
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But I blame our old pal Al Ramsay for this reply in response to his call to punish the drivers for all ills on the road:
In some ways in tune with our Ken's proposal to fine the cyclists breaking the law on his patch and using the cash to build facilities .. novel idea .. the prats would do the managing of course .. (and since we are against these prats on 'ere
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letter by LGS in the Bolton paper wrote:
The law regarding cyclists has always been a sore point for me. There is no law for compulsory insurance or road tax - and use of crash helmets is only advisory
Whatever you do. d-d-don't mention them helmets LGS!
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There must be millions of cyclists riding around .. and no inusrance. What do they do if they are to blame for an accident?
Ummm.... taxpayer via NHS... and some of the militants have some daft ideas that driver's insurance should cough up as they are "vulnerable" because these aggressively ignorant types misunderstand/choose to misunderstand some Dutch and Danish legislation.
on this idea.
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They use just the same road space as a motor bike and do not contribute a penny for the upkeep of the roads
The introduction of cycle tax would rake in millions even at £5 per year. This money should then be spent on improving cycle tracks and lanes and keep cyclists off the road and safe from traffic as is the case abroad.
Oops.. LGS of Bolton.
All taxes go towards paying for the roads, schools and doctors (Heck - I pay me taxes to pay meself
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But am sure that as more of us use bikes and drive less - this would indeed occur.
No such thing as a free ride
But then I do pay VED for my cars, VAT on all services, MOTs for the older harem of gorgeous metal shapes and husky, throaty engines in my garage, bits and bobs for my cars and my bicycles - and so I reckon I already pay to ride me bike on the road.
Hmmm!
But then we'd probably fund decent cycle lanes across the entire country just by fining the suicidal idiots we keep reading about in London