ASL Enforcement Petition....

chuckcork
chuckcork Posts: 1,471
edited April 2009 in Commuting chat
Knowing that it will change absolutely nothing, I've created a petition on the No.10 website, ASL-Enforcement.

Feel free to sign up!
'Twas Mulga Bill, from Eaglehawk, that caught the cycling craze....

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  • AndyManc
    AndyManc Posts: 1,393
    Well done and nicely worded .

    I shall spread the details.


    How long does it take before your name should appear on the list ?

    I've signed a few of these and sometimes I can never find my name :?



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  • Stone Glider
    Stone Glider Posts: 1,227
    +1
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  • snooks
    snooks Posts: 1,521
    +1

    Down with motorbikes :twisted:

    Hang on, you didn't mention them :?
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  • cjcp
    cjcp Posts: 13,345
    +1.

    Nice one, Chuck.
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  • leoccp
    leoccp Posts: 45
    Thanks Chuck :) Have you publicised on the many other cycle-commuting fora?
  • Soul Boy
    Soul Boy Posts: 359
    You have my support!
  • attica
    attica Posts: 2,362
    Nice work Chuck
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  • gtvlusso
    gtvlusso Posts: 5,112
    chuckcork wrote:
    Knowing that it will change absolutely nothing, I've created a petition on the No.10 website, ASL-Enforcement.

    Feel free to sign up!

    You non believer :shock: - small campaigns like this have changed the world......Good luck Chuck!

    Well played.
  • pintoo
    pintoo Posts: 145
    +1

    and I have no probs sharing space with motorcyclists... it's scooterists I fear.
  • pintoo
    pintoo Posts: 145
    Who's Michael Prescott and why is he shouting about his MSc? Is this some sort of Mark Kermode thing?
  • snooks
    snooks Posts: 1,521
    Dunno, but I've been doing a bit of plugging on facebook this morning
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  • AndyManc wrote:
    I've signed a few of these and sometimes I can never find my name :?

    Have you remembered to click on the link in the email they send to you? That confirms you are real (kind of).

    And +1 for the petition - it's got my signature on it now as well.
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  • Poacher
    Poacher Posts: 165
    +1
    I usually point out the error of their ways to offenders, which usually elicits one of four responses:
    the fixed stare ahead,
    "It was empty when I arrived",
    "You don't pay road tax" (actually, I pay £185 pa VED, but I don't recall reading anything in the small print allowing me to break the law),
    threats of violence (as happened yesterday).

    Incidentally, has anyone on here requested statistics on numbers of (un)/successful prosecutions in, say, each of the last five years for which figures are available, via Freedom of Information legislation?
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  • snooks
    snooks Posts: 1,521
    Poacher wrote:
    Incidentally, has anyone on here requested statistics on numbers of (un)/successful prosecutions in, say, each of the last five years for which figures are available, via Freedom of Information legislation?

    Nope, but well volunteered that man!! ;)
    FCN:5, 8 & 9
    If I'm not riding I'm shooting http://grahamsnook.com
    THE Game
    Watch out for HGVs
  • LazyBoycp
    LazyBoycp Posts: 320
    Signed
  • Mikelyons
    Mikelyons Posts: 154
    Thanks Chuck,
    now signed.

    I have remonstrated occasionally when I judge I won't be in danger by doing so.

    Last 2 offenders I complained to were both Met Police vehicles. :-(

    2nd driver told me she was in active pursuit of a shoplifter , if that was the case I wondered why she didn't switch on the lights and go through the lights entirely.

    Meant to complain, but had forgotten vehicle reg by time I got home.

    Might still do this as both incidents were near to each other (Twickenham & Teddington) so perhaps there's a chance that both drivers are based at same station.

    I agree that Scooters are the worst offenders
    Mike
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  • AndyManc
    AndyManc Posts: 1,393
    I put it on the CTC forum , was that a good idea :?

    http://forum.ctc.org.uk/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=23805




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  • chuckcork
    chuckcork Posts: 1,471
    leoccp wrote:
    Thanks Chuck :) Have you publicised on the many other cycle-commuting fora?

    No I haven't publicized anywhere else, I barely have enough time as it is between coming home and going to bed, not even enough time to ride a bike in the evenings anymore. :cry:

    On the other hand now that I'll soon have an income coming in for the first time in 6 months I'' soon be able to afford to get a trainer/rollers/new bike :D

    Feel free all to publicise as much as you want and to submit your own ideas to No.10 or wherever you think it will make a difference!
    'Twas Mulga Bill, from Eaglehawk, that caught the cycling craze....