My (almost) run in with the law

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gaj104

New Member
Location
London (SW)
Cycling into work yesterday morning, nice and clear, and saw a quartet of police motorbikes in pairs coming out of a side road. First pair come out, no probs. Second pair wait for what I thought for me to pass. Gave me the fright of my life when one decides to pull out right out in front of me.

No ides of the number plate or the constabulary but wondering is it worth reporting? And if so how would I go about it?

 

gaz

Cycle Camera TV
Location
South Croydon
Cycling into work yesterday morning, nice and clear, and saw a quartet of police motorbikes in pairs coming out of a side road. First pair come out, no probs. Second pair wait for what I thought for me to pass. Gave me the fright of my life when one decides to pull out right out in front of me.

No ides of the number plate or the constabulary but wondering is it worth reporting? And if so how would I go about it?


This was in London?
Submit it on the road safe london website with the time, date and location and they should be able to track down who it could have been.
As the officers that run road safe london are traffic officers who are experienced with motorbikes, hgv's and cars, they will take great interest in this.
 
Definitely in need of some driver training methinks, unless he was actually on a training course and has already had a good bollocking off his instructor.

If not on a training course, then.... Oh Dear !!....

No emergency lighting to excuse being in such a hurry to exit the junction and even if he was using emergency equipment it was still too close, unless it was obvious you were conceding priority.

Positioning was crap in the junction, on the wrong side of his lane markings, which would have caused problems if there had been an artic entering the junction and needed the width of the opposing lane to safely make the turn.

Kept rolling on when his (more alert) partner had come to a stop.

Made the decision to keep going from too far back in the junction, before having a really good look. He was in view around the time you cleared the telephone kiosk and even though there was an advertising board, a waste bin and several poles partly obscuring his view, a good police advanced driver would have still picked you up at that point.

Failed to see and/or give way to you.
 

400bhp

Guru
Deffo send it off. The officer involved will get the pish ripped out of him for a long time because of that.
 
Just a thought - is it worth making the video "unlisted"? Fair enough the guy gets ragged silly at work - no problem ........ but making it unlisted spares the guy (and the police in general) from a possible public Youtube pillorying?

Dunno - up to you. I know I would here in Leeds - but that's because we don't have Roadwatch and I'd hate to jeopardise the friendly cooperation I get despite that.
 
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gaj104

gaj104

New Member
Location
London (SW)
Thanks Gaz, not too far from Elephant & Castle. Will check out roadsafe.

Growingvegetables, happy to make it unlisted, though not sure theres enough details in the video to pinpoint the rider.

Thanks everyone else for your replies.

Funny, as dont usually have my camera, but thought i'd put it on that day.
 
Police motorcyclists should be advanced drivers already, so no excuse really. Probably worth a mention, though the possibility of a training course is a good one, in which case it should be mentioned anyway!
 

BentMikey

Rider of Seolferwulf
Location
South London
What about asking if they can do some Bikeability cycle training instead? I'm sure the rider knew he made a mistake and already learned from it, but I also bet he doesn't know much about cycle riding and could do with the education.
 
Police motorcyclists should be advanced drivers already, so no excuse really. Probably worth a mention, though the possibility of a training course is a good one, in which case it should be mentioned anyway!

Officers can join the Traffic section of the Met as Standard Riders, without any advanced driving qualifications. Many new recruits to Traffic will not even be Standard Drivers, and a motorcycle will be the first Police vehicle they have used.

As a former instructor at Hendon Driving School, I would very much doubt that these four riders were on any sort of course. Courses do not usually enter central London.
 
Officers can join the Traffic section of the Met as Standard Riders, without any advanced driving qualifications. Many new recruits to Traffic will not even be Standard Drivers, and a motorcycle will be the first Police vehicle they have used.

As a former instructor at Hendon Driving School, I would very much doubt that these four riders were on any sort of course. Courses do not usually enter central London.

Ah, I stand corrected then. Different to my force, all the motorcyclist are already confirmed Traffic Officers - i.e. advanced drivers.

No excuses for him then!
 
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