Positive or negative police warning

[classic33]

Taken from one of the local papers.
Will it help or hinder us, as cyclists, now that the police are warning motorists that there are camera users out there on two wheels?

 

[Primal Scream]

Excellent, the old bill should also have said you may be videod if you use your mobile whilst driving.

 

[HLaB]

It hopefully make folk think twice around cyclists; It might make a few folk more anti cyclist but they would be anti cyclist already, so I cant see how it'd hurt us?

 

[CopperCyclist]

I'd say it's positive. The intention would appear to be to make people think twice about their driving around cycles.

 

[G-Zero]

IMO it will benefit cyclists.

Most drivers won't be aware of what a cycle cam looks like, or how discreet they are, so hopefully will be more careful around all of us and not just those with obvious cameras.

 

[steveindenmark]

Good idea but not big enough and not on the front of all the tabloids in the country.

Steve

 

[Bman]

Good idea but not big enough and not on the front of all the tabloids in the country.

Steve

Agreed

 

[boydj]

Very useful - especially reporting the prosecution. Can only work to make drivers more careful round cyclists.

 

[Bigsharn]

Problem is it only mentions Halifax, so I'm guessing that's from a local paper?

 

[snorri]

I am reminded of an article in a road transport journal last December in which Phil Flanders of the Road Haulage Association saw the use of cameras by cyclists as a problem for lorry drivers who would now face higher risk of prosecution, and used camera use, among other things, as an excuse for a vitriolic attack on cyclists.

 

[classic33]

Problem is it only mentions Halifax, so I'm guessing that's from a local paper?

I did say it was taken from one of the local papers.

But doesn't it now set a precedence. Helmet camera footage has been used in a successful prosecution of a driver. Elsewhere on this forum, someone has said that their local police don't appear to be bothered by the fact they have footage.

 

[Bigsharn]

/me deserves a slap for not reading the OP.

I suppose so, but I've had positive responses from the police anyway regarding dangerous driving