RLJs being stopped

[martint235]

No they're south of the river. So young and so short nowadays!!!

 

[tdr1nka]

And almost entirely humourless too...

 

[HaloJ]

No they're south of the river. So young and so short nowadays!!!

Oooo multi-stings then!

 

[hackbike 666]

Can we have a bit of consistency here...how about nicking mobile users as well as driving without due care an attention?

 

[potsy]

Well done on hiding the location,might get a few more quid for the Olympic Games off the cockneys

 

[martint235]

We might but we'd have to depend on people foolishly breaking the law in front of police officers. I know RLJing takes a certain lack of intelligence but I don't think we'll raise much more than £500

 

[Shorinjidude]

Why don't they go and catch some real criminals?

 

[Moodyman]

What would the police do if the RL jumper was a roadie with a CF frame? They'd have no chance of catching him with their MTBs.

Just proves what David Cameron's been saying all along, our police and armed forces don't have the right equipment.

 

[HaloJ]

What would the police do if the RL jumper was a roadie with a CF frame? They'd have no chance of catching him with their MTBs.

Just proves what David Cameron's been saying all along, our police and armed forces don't have the right equipment.

I was looking at a pair of police MTBs today. They were running double cranks and it looked exceedingly low geared although I didn't have the cheek to count the teeth but I could see the largest crank wasn't that large.

 

[g00se]

But we all know that the local ne'er-do-wells only ride full sus BSOs on the pavements with one hand. The police need the mountain bikes to curb-hop to catch them...

 

[martint235]

What would the police do if the RL jumper was a roadie with a CF frame? They'd have no chance of catching him with their MTBs.

Just proves what David Cameron's been saying all along, our police and armed forces don't have the right equipment.

Actually they had a neat trick. As the RLJ crossed the junction or turned, the cop at that corner put his bike into the road in front of them. Fairly effective stopping technique (not as effective as my preferred option for an RLJ which would be an AK47 but there you go). The one person I saw clipped in had a bit of a shock and look a bit foolish.

 

[marzjennings]

What are they going to do if a RLJ doesn't stop, chase 'em, take their license plate, lay tacks across the road? Seems like a waste of time to me.

But, in my youth it would have been fun to blast the lights and see if they could catch me.

 

[xpc316e]

I remember when we were first given fixed penalty tickets and found there was an offence code for RLJ on a bicycle. We surprised many cyclists by giving them a ticket; previously our process departments would never have taken a cyclist to court for what they deemed a 'minor' offence, and cyclists knew that. Prior to FPNs they only got a verbal warning, and they took the mick out of the system.

I am glad that the Police are still out there doing their jobs.

 

[Crankarm]

Good on plod. Will they deploy a stinger for those that fail to stop?


Saw a private hire taxi driver using his mobile phone whilst driving this afternoon. I shouted "Oi!" at him as he drove by. He looked so startled as he was gassing away, he almost dropped it out his wound down driver's window. Reg is DE 05 DNO a silver estate car.

 

[PBancroft]

Can we have a bit of consistency here...how about nicking mobile users as well as driving without due care an attention?

Ah, but the difference is that people who jump red lights are only going to do it in specific locations. People who use their mobile whilst driving could be doing it anywhere.