great news for London!

[Eat MY Dust]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/7874363.stm

If the Met are to stop charging drivers for "minor" offences, does that mean that they will stop handing out cyclists tickets for "minor" infringements?

 

[beanzontoast]

When is an offence not an offence? I don't get this at all.

 

[mickle]

Anti-camera campaigner Captain Gatso said: "This is purely about getting the cash in to the council's coffers."

 

[Eat MY Dust]

When is an offence not an offence? I don't get this at all.

When you are doing it in a car?

 

[beanzontoast]

Whe you are doing it in a car?

 

[Bokonon]

A Transport for London spokesman said:
"We would rather motorists understood and complied with the rules rather than issue a high number of penalty charge notices.

But what is to compel motorists to understand and comply with rules if they don't get punished for not doing so?

 

[John the Monkey]

Given the link various studies have shown recently between enforcing traffic law and getting drivers to behave in a civilised way, this is likely to be a bloody disaster for anyone not using the road in some form of motor transport.

 

[Eat MY Dust]

Once word is out it'll be "just take a left here, nobody gives a f*ck".

I've aleady got a stretch of road on my commute which has "no U turn" signs on it. I've lost count of how many times I've nearly been taken out by drivers who can't be arsed to go the 100 yards up the road to the RAB. Why are they all doing illegal U turns? There's a KFC drive thu. Fat lazy bast*rds.

 

[Keith Oates]

Seems to be a strange decision to make, I'm sure it will lead to other areas of poor driving being ignored!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[beanzontoast]

Contrary to common sense. Disaster in the making. Take care, London cyclists.

 

[Tynan]

it's like that already, cops do nothing about traffic offences other than speeding or if someone has an accident and is a wrong 'un

 

[beanzontoast]

... and if it's a 'success' in London, no doubt it will be rolled out to other places.

 

[thomas]

Just carry around a copy of the memo the police got sent and do things to obviously get pulled over - if you have any problems show them it