Police Action Over Pavement Cyclist!

[jonny jeez]

He should have refused, got his camera out and filmed the ensuing demise of the coppers career for the media, they love shat like this.

 

[Tin Pot]

He should have refused, got his camera out and filmed the ensuing demise of the coppers career for the media, they love shat like this.

Got his camera out? Thus invoking a night in the cells...

 

[kiriyama]

What a jobsworth. If he said that to me and my 4 year old I don't think I could help but laugh. There has to be more to that story. ..

 

[ufkacbln]

I'm impressed that she cycles each day but make an effort to loose the lead and stabilisers then she could ride there properly.

The lead is for towing dad uphill!

 

[alecstilleyedye]

i use a bit of pavement in manchester as part of my commute (the road is currently dug up) as it's a safer alternative than negotiating a dual carriageway ring road. i travel at walking pace, always giving way and i've passed plod many times who have yet to show any concern whatsoever…

 

[raleighnut]

Dickhead.

 

[Sara_H]

i use a bit of pavement in manchester as part of my commute (the road is currently dug up) as it's a safer alternative than negotiating a dual carriageway ring road. i travel at walking pace, always giving way and i've passed plod many times who have yet to show any concern whatsoever…

I use the pavment a fair bit for a variety of reasons, rarely had a problem. Occasionally been ranted at by pedestrians whom i'd caused no incovenience or danger to and once got told off by an over zealous "city centre ambassador" (basically security guards employed by the council to patrol the town centre) as I crossed from the road to the bike stands about ten feet away.

If I started to have problems i'd carry a copy of the boeteng guidance with me.

Must admit, I'm seeing more and more adult cyclists on pavements, but this just makes me question why they're too afraid to use the roads.

 

[MontyVeda]

i recall witnessing a local beat bobby having a word with a couple of toddlers for riding on the pavement. That will have been in the early 80s so i can easily believe this story. Some people are just dicks, regardless of their profession.

 

[spen666]

Mod note: some of the posts from here onwards have been merged from a similar thread.
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Glad to see the police have stopped pussy footing around when dealing with criminals.

Its taken too long, but the crackdown on crime has begun
http://m.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-lincolnshire-31805312

 

[clarion]

I'm hazy on the details; did Mr King have his bicycle confiscated?

 

[Drago]

That story smells fishier than Adrians home made apple pie.

The police are wrong, the quote from the CTCis wrong, which doesn't leave much else.

 

[Chris S]

I can just see Maggie smiling down on us (or up)

 

[Drago]

The story is tosh. Either complete fabrication or widely mis reported. Every party involved has been quoted in the media making highly inaccurate claims about what is permitted, which seems about as likely as Gary Glitter reaching number 1.

 

[Paul99]

Dickhead.

@raleighnut are you mystic meg?

I can just see Maggie smiling down on us (or up)

 

[spen666]

just seen there was a pre existing threado n this topic https://www.cyclechat.net/threads/police-action-over-pavement-cyclist.175946/

*Mods seems to make sense to merge this with that one