I was rather pleasantly surprised to see two red light jumping cyclists pulled over by motorbike police this morning. One was rather amuzing as the cyclist was so far into his own world that he didn't even notice a police motorbike along side him asking him to pull over. The plod didn't sound overly happy about it. This was in Farringdon and Southwark.
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MadoneRider1991
Über Member
- Location
- Dorset
hhaha brilliant!
beanzontoast
Guru
- Location
- South of The Peaks
I saw someone stopped for cycling on the pavement once - but I've never seen this happen. The embarrassment alone should stop the cyclist doing it again.
Bugner
New Member
- Location
- Sarf London
We need plod on foot to do the same. I have seen many a time where bobby's just ignore moronic cycling behaviour. Even if it just a ticking off
wafflycat
New Member
- Location
- middle of Norfolk
Good! No excuse for RLJing.
hackbike 666
Guest
Nice to see this.
- Location
- The TerrorVortex
Good that they're going after RLJs, but a shame they seem to concentrate purely on cyclists. There's a roundabout not far from me where you could catch hundreds of RLJ motorists between 8 am and 9 am every single day.
beanzontoast
Guru
- Location
- South of The Peaks
TheDoctor said:
Cameras on many more roundabouts / crossroads would be useful IMO and would catch thousands of RLJ's every day. Think of the revenue! And only the guilty are penalised.
Plus, if it had a deterrent value over time, so much the better.
HLaB
Marie Attoinette Fan
The cops I found funny were the bike cops in Melbourne. Generally they were nowhere to be seen but when a cyclist went by without a helmet, OMG what a crime 
, 4 or 5 would appear and spend the next half hour sunning themselves interviewing the suspect.
, 4 or 5 would appear and spend the next half hour 
slowmotion
Quite dreadful
- Location
- lost somewhere
I often stop well past the stop line. Would you regard this as RLJ? I'm curious to know. Thanks.
HLaB
Marie Attoinette Fan
Technically it is.slowmotion said:
BentMikey
Rider of Seolferwulf
- Location
- South London
Why would you need to stop past the stop line? I don't think that's a very good idea.
slowmotion
Quite dreadful
- Location
- lost somewhere
BentMikey said:
I didn't explain that very well. On my commute there quite a lot of traffic light controlled cross roads where the stop line is well back from the crossing traffic. I like to be as far in front of the vehicles behind me when the lights change.
