Perhaps the question is why the road is unsafe for the cyclists and at least part of the answer is in the post.
We had a letter in the local rag,
Similar road and a van had had a puncture stopped on a narrow hard shoulder. Police arrived and......
(you may want to brace yourself here)
...parked behind the van with blue lights flashing and put a coned safety barrier before changing the outside tyre!
The writer was appalled at the negligence and stupidity of the officers concerned
The Police apparently have a prime task of preventing the traffic being slowed down, and their actions in this case were totally unacceptable as they had demonstrably failed in this primary task
We had a letter in the local rag,
Similar road and a van had had a puncture stopped on a narrow hard shoulder. Police arrived and......
(you may want to brace yourself here)
...parked behind the van with blue lights flashing and put a coned safety barrier before changing the outside tyre!
The writer was appalled at the negligence and stupidity of the officers concerned
The Police apparently have a prime task of preventing the traffic being slowed down, and their actions in this case were totally unacceptable as they had demonstrably failed in this primary task