Another Bristol Bike thief

[captain nemo1701]

This guy really does look like bottom-feeding scum:
http://www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/bristol-news/watch-thief-walk-students-home-35755
Sorry, for some reason, won't embed.

 

[Rooster1]

It seems fair to say that aside from cars, bikes really are thieves best income generators. More valuable than phones (well aside from the new £999 iphones), more easy to steal, just better all round really.
Something needs to be done.

 

[Milkfloat]

Something needs to be done.

Cheaper bikes?

 

[KnackeredBike]

Ban the crappy cable locks and "armoured" cable locks that can be cut through in one second, or at least mandate "These are bollocks" labels so people know to use them as cafe rather than leave-all-day locks.

There are standards for a lock you can buy for your front door so that it cannot be opened at will, people should be aware these are not "locks" in a useful sense.

Also mandate convicted bike thieves to have a powerful magnet surgically implanted so they cannot get within two metres of a Sheffield stand.

 

[LCpl Boiled Egg]

From the article "The Bristol University student said his housemate closed their front door but the latch failed to lock properly"

I'd be having words with my housemate if I was Zach.

 

[KnackeredBike]

From the article "The Bristol University student said his housemate closed their front door but the latch failed to lock properly"

I'd be having words with my housemate if I was Zach.

Why? Shouldn't people be entitled to make mistakes without having all their stuff nicked? How many of us have accidentally left our bike lights on, do we deserve to have them stolen too?

 

[LCpl Boiled Egg]

Why? Shouldn't people be entitled to make mistakes without having all their stuff nicked? How many of us have accidentally left our bike lights on, do we deserve to have them stolen too?

Zach's housemate's 'mistake' has wiped out any chance of Zach claiming on his insurance, so I'd be expecting some compensation for his carelessness. At the very least he should be getting the teas in for the rest of the term...

 

[Globalti]

That bike will be in a container in its way to Russia by now.

 

[Shaun]

This guy really does look like bottom-feeding scum:
http://www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/bristol-news/watch-thief-walk-students-home-35755
Sorry, for some reason, won't embed.

You need the image link, here you go:

 

[jefmcg]

From the article "The Bristol University student said his housemate closed their front door but the latch failed to lock properly"

I'd say he was lucky to "only" lose the bike, not have the place ransacked. That looks like a busy high street, there are probably places in the UK where you can leave your front door open, but not there.

Imagine if they had taken a computer with an un-backed-up final thesis?