Update on NV55PVL

[BimblingBee]

I APOLOGISE.

Maybe less 'shouting' and more thinking.

 

[campbellab]

Clearly a theme going on here, first we had Enid Blyton's Famous Five, then Mutant Ninja Turtles not we have BikerCam's keeping the world safe.

Alan...

Alan...

TBH the only one we can rely on is you to be better than 70% of the population and to save us from the governments ploy that mobile phone usage is safe on the road!

 

[Hawk]

Jeezo guys. All I wanted to do was ride a bike to uni, apparently I'm meant to be arresting people along the way now.

Whilst I've learned lots from Gaz/Mikey's helmet camera footage, I don't think I'd ride a bike if I also had to spend this long arguing over it.

 

[HovR]

Jeezo guys. All I wanted to do was ride a bike to uni, apparently I'm meant to be arresting people along the way now.

 

[gambatte]

Is driving whilst on the phone an "indictable offence"?

I don't know. I wouldn't have thought so and because of that, I'd leave the whole arresting bit of the process to plod.

 

[Deleted member 26715]

phone usage is safe on the road!

I'm surprised that you believe that

Alan...

 

[MrHappyCyclist]

Well at least you are right about one thing: http://blog.aaireland.ie/index.php/...0-of-drivers-rate-themselves-as-above-average (irish example easy to find but similar studies for Australia at least and think same done in UK).

"The fundamental cause of trouble in the world today is that the stupid are cocksure while the intelligent are full of doubt"
- Bertrand Russell

 

[Pale Rider]

Is driving whilst on the phone an "indictable offence"?

No.

Very few offences are indictable only - triable only in the crown court.

Even causing death by careless driving is 'either way' - triable either in magistrates or crown.

 

[CopperCyclist]

They seem to be doing a good job of policing the roads don't they?

No where near as good as we used to. When I joined, and we had a traffic department in its own right at the station, had Cycling Dan taken his video to them, 95% of them would have said 'Great!', gone out and issued a ticket and told him to keep them coming.

Now, the traffic departments office is a storeroom, and the bobbies are gone. The spaces still marked up for "Traffic Cars Only" in our rear yard are a free for all. The focus on traffic policing as a whole seems very much reactive rather than proactive.

 

[BentMikey]

Just seen it, and not very impressed with your Welsh post, Matthew. That was well out of order.

 

[Cycling Dan]

Further Update: NV55PVL

Person came round who was the same that interview me.
In turn i have been informed im acting vigilant and that im a danger to myself.
Alot of discussion as he came round to issue an offical warning!
I reported the driver on the phone to his employer. However this is not called harassment. Is this true?
He said that he could be easily arresting me today for harassment but he wasn't going too.
The person i reported has apparently made a harassment complaint against me since i have reported him to his employer and the police. This was made clear by the fact the officer said he could arrest me and told me.
He said video people and posting it on YouTube is illegal, which is clearly not.
I had in effect been told off and informed that this account will be logged on the police database.
I also brought up the fact, should not report things like this to the police. He said in effect no as its the polices job to police. He told me that was i was doing was self policing.
Also he made a comment about how cyclists should not be in the middle of the road.
What are your thoughts?

 

[ianrauk]

Further Update: NV55PVL

Person came round who was the same that interview me.
In turn i have been informed im acting vigilant and that im a danger to myself.
Alot of discussion as he came round to warn me!
I reported the driver on the phone to his employer. However this is not called harassment. Is this true?
He said that he could be easily arresting me today for harassment but he wasn't going too.
The person i reported has apparently made a harassment complaint against me since i have reported him to his employer and the police. This was made clear by the fact the officer said he could arrest me.
He said video people and posting it on YouTube is illegal, which is clearly not.
I had in effect been told off and informed that this account will be logged on the police database.
I also brought up the fact, should not report things like this to the police. He said in effect no as its the polices job to police. He told me that was i was doing was self policing.
Also he made a comment about how cyclists should not be in the middle of the road.
What are your thoughts?

The copper is a know nothing idiot who should know better.

 

[Mugshot]

Also he made a comment about how cyclists should not be in the middle of the road.

Middle of the road or middle of the lane?

 

[BentMikey]

Further Update: NV55PVL

Person came round who was the same that interview me.
In turn i have been informed im acting vigilant and that im a danger to myself.
Alot of discussion as he came round to warn me!
I reported the driver on the phone to his employer. However this is not called harassment. Is this true?
He said that he could be easily arresting me today for harassment but he wasn't going too.
The person i reported has apparently made a harassment complaint against me since i have reported him to his employer and the police. This was made clear by the fact the officer said he could arrest me.
He said video people and posting it on YouTube is illegal, which is clearly not.
I had in effect been told off and informed that this account will be logged on the police database.
I also brought up the fact, should not report things like this to the police. He said in effect no as its the polices job to police. He told me that was i was doing was self policing.
Also he made a comment about how cyclists should not be in the middle of the road.
What are your thoughts?

That doesn't seem acceptable to me. I'd pm Drago/CopperCyclist/Cubist and ask them for advice, but I think I'd want to make a complaint about that police officer's behaviour and training.

I don't know what you did exactly, but a simple report to employer and police surely can't be harrassment? His comments about riding in the middle of the road and videoing and uploading to YouTube are clearly wrong and ignorant.

 

[Cycling Dan]

Middle of the road or middle of the lane?

he said road.