Fixed Penalty Notice... offence H242
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OldSkoolKona wrote:What you also have to consider is that the Police are in many ways driven to be shown to be active in areas that are perceived to be causing problems.
Take these minutes from my local concil ward's Area Consultation meeting. A resident makes a complaint about cyclists on pavements, the police then have to respond and demonstrate that they are taking this on board. Nevermind the fact that motorists flout the law in much more dangerous ways (I saw 5 instances of "using a mobile while driving" on my cycle to work yesterday :roll: ).
The answer? Well as well as adhering to the rules as a cyclist (and I completely detest RLJing and pavement cycling), get involved with your local cycling campaign groups and/or go along to the equivalent area consulation meetings in your area (e.g. Example from Sheffield). Yes, it takes some effort, and yes nothing will be solved over night, but cyclists need to get their voices heard.
Agreed. More generally, just because there are worse crimes it doesn't follow that the smaller ones should just be ignored, and whether or not you see it as a waste of time is pretty subjective. I expect lots of people complain about, say, littering or parking fines in pretty much the same way and feel they've been equally hard done by.0 -
spen666 wrote:
Please don't encourage them....................The justice system is already a
stock. Life is like a roll of toilet paper; long and useful, but always ends at the wrong moment. Anon.
Think how stupid the average person is.......
half of them are even more stupid than you first thought.0 -
spen666 wrote:
Personally I don't see why the average rapist shouldn't be made to pay a large sum in compensation to their victim.
There is a tendency to do this in Ireland in fact, of course on the flipside they also then use that as eveidence of "remorse" (I use the term advisedly) in a bid to get a shorter sentence.'Twas Mulga Bill, from Eaglehawk, that caught the cycling craze....0
