Police cycle training must be useless!

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  • rjsterry
    rjsterry Posts: 29,413
    Anyone got any idea what meonabike is ranting about?
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  • Kieran_Burns
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    BTSOOM :wink:
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  • jonginge
    jonginge Posts: 5,945
    Not so much. One of the more unusual first posts.
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  • lost_in_thought
    lost_in_thought Posts: 10,563
    Nope, no idea.

    He's obviously got a bee in his bonnet about financial services, tradesmen and anyone who is in charge of anyone else. Oh and southerners.

    :?:
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  • cjw
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    A very old thread too...

    Does make a change from "I've got a CTW voucher...which bike for £1000?"
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  • zanes
    zanes Posts: 563
    So, meonabike is one of our wonderful police officers. :lol:
  • greg66_tri_v2.0
    greg66_tri_v2.0 Posts: 7,172
    JonGinge wrote:
    Not so much. One of the more unusual first posts.

    +1 :mrgreen::mrgreen::mrgreen:

    He's very passionate about something though. That's clearly clear.
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  • Kieran_Burns
    Kieran_Burns Posts: 9,757
    and gets us talking.

    Like we don't already.


    I agree about Southerners by the way...
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  • lost_in_thought
    lost_in_thought Posts: 10,563
    cjw wrote:
    A very old thread too...

    Does make a change from "I've got a CTW voucher...which bike for £1000?"

    Oh blimey yes! I hadn't noticed the year - just looked at the month and day! Over 2 years old....
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  • whyamihere
    whyamihere Posts: 7,714
    See, the topics from truly great members never die. ;)
  • Matt the Tester
    Matt the Tester Posts: 1,261
    Adamskii wrote:
    Somebody somewhere has obviously decided that riding a bike on the road requires no skill and therefore no training!

    The law should be setting a good example.
    yeah i agree with adam, i would seriously consider sending them a letter explaining what you saw because it is only making us seem worse because if the police are cycling stupidily like this then they will assume that the police are right and then we get moaned at by even more moterists!
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  • jonginge
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    must not joke about just how long it took our newest poster to read the thread from the beginning...
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  • cjw
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    ^^^ :lol:
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  • rjsterry
    rjsterry Posts: 29,413
    Kieran_Burns wrote:
    and gets us talking.

    Like we don't already.


    I agree about Southerners by the way...

    Oooooh, like that is it?

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  • jonny_trousers
    jonny_trousers Posts: 3,588
    Check it! wha-poosh*

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  • Radioactiveman
    Radioactiveman Posts: 964
    Officers claim the bike, which is designed to be used for tricks and jumps, helps build a rapport with young people and could assist in pursuits through urban back streets.

    Hmm sure i made similar post elsewhere in the forums but I thought a rapport was built up with their extending baton i.e they should be scared to cross the police and imho the best tool for pursuing through urban back streets is a excitable german shepherd.

    FFS these little scrotes don't respect property,people or police how the flip is some 30yr old trying to be cool again make them respect the police.
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  • Spawn3323
    Spawn3323 Posts: 22
    Iv "got a mate" who is 22 and a police bike rider, the training is short and mainly covers personal safety. The official word on the bikes is that they are used to get from A to B and not for patrols. But inevitably things happen that need dealing with. "He" ensures he sticks to the rules of the road all of the time and will only stray to the paths to explore alleys/areas away from public view for the benefit of the local community and their safety. The rules are only ever broken when they can be justified and remember the police are there to help.

    As for the bikes being used to build rapport, everyone that gets stopped by an officer on a bike will without fail say one of three things:
    "can I have a go on your bike?"
    "how much does your bike cost?"
    "I bet I could beat you in a race/you would never catch me on that bike"
  • CiB
    CiB Posts: 6,098
    The Grauniad Bike Blog covered this subject recently, asking in a jocular but dismissive manner why it needed a 10 hour course to teach Plod to ride a bike. Here it is: http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/green-living-blog/2010/mar/23/cycling-course-police

    Soon after the blogerspherisist responsible for that ate his words in a follow up article - here: http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/green-living-blog/2010/apr/14/wrong-police-bike-training

    Apologies if this has already been covered. Like MeOnABike, I can't read all through this thread. Too many words.

    :)

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