Police Attitude to Cyclists

jimmypippa

I also have been told (but I don't know) that ambulances with suspected heart attack victims tend to be silent...

Gussio

Two community police on bikes riding side by side down the Kings Road, chatting to each other, moving at around 10mph. Cars and bikes queuing up behind. They go straight through a red light without stopping (although they were wearing helmets...).

Me (after I'd caught them up and pulled alongside): "do you know you went through a red light back there?"

Them: "it was amber"

Me: "no, it was red"

Them: "oh well, you got us bang to rights"

Me: *deep sigh*

:roll:

passout

Shop the gits. They more than deserve it.

doog442

Always Tyred wrote:

Seems to me that you have two witnesses who can independently complain.

thats the sort of attitude that really p_sses me off more than a police van tooting someone who in all reality really shouldnt be on a road

lets all complain...na na na na nah...who knows where they were going, as some other posted suggested if your house is getting broken into and a silent approach is needed you cant have sirens blaring away

but how do i know that someones house was gettin broken into. or something else needed a silent approach..... .i dont.....so lets all complain with our independent witnesses and tie the plod down ever further dealing with trivial crap

always_tyred

doog442 wrote:

Always Tyred wrote:

Seems to me that you have two witnesses who can independently complain.

thats the sort of attitude that really p_sses me off more than a police van tooting someone who in all reality really shouldnt be on a road

lets all complain...na na na na nah...who knows where they were going, as some other posted suggested if your house is getting broken into and a silent approach is needed you cant have sirens blaring away

but how do i know that someones house was gettin broken into. or something else needed a silent approach..... .i dont.....so lets all complain with our independent witnesses and tie the plod down ever further dealing with trivial crap

You are completely right.

I've re-read the entire thread and my post sticks out as a clear abhorrence.

doog442

lets be honest it was probably a PCSO..hence no siren or lights...they drive all the vehicles nowadays apparently

likewise they arent subject to the police complaints procedure

so that will save the taxpayer a shed load of money as some police Inspector on 50K a year wont have to go around taking statements from 'independent witnesses' to this henious crime

always_tyred

doog442 wrote:

lets be honest it was probably a PCSO..hence no siren or lights...they drive all the vehicles nowadays apparently

likewise they arent subject to the police complaints procedure

so that will save the taxpayer a shed load of money as some police Inspector on 50K a year wont have to go around taking statements from 'independent witnesses' to this henious crime

doog442

you can post pictures of birds ...well done

whats your next trick? You actually suprised me the other week as you mentioned you were a bloke

:shock:

always_tyred

doog442 wrote:

you can post pictures of birds ...well done

whats your next trick? You actually suprised me the other week as you mentioned you were a bloke

:shock:

Its a tit.

doog442

and you are not a lesbian ?

always_tyred

I think you'd fit in at the London Fixed Gear Forum.

doog442

bugger i actually thought you were a woman

then I thought you were a lonely woman :?

As time went on I actually thought you were a lesbian (it was the confrontation with the young mother)...i work with several gay women hence the vibes!!

well obviously you are none of the above

so now I am guessing you are a single male who's only interest in tits is something you can cut and paste onto a cycling forum

you carry on now

always_tyred

You got me.

doog442

fascinating 8)

how does it hang from the door without any screws....dont tell me you stuck it on the door :shock:

always_tyred

doog442 wrote:

fascinating 8)

how does it hang from the door without any screws....dont tell me you stuck it on the door :shock:

Its a knob.

doog442

why not just call me a knob fancydan? or is it all part of some kind of clever pseudo sexual game you are playing with me

im not gay...i want to make this clear before we carry on 8)

always_tyred

doog442 wrote:

why not just call me a knob fancydan? or is it all part of some kind of clever pseudo sexual game you are playing with me

im not gay...i want to make this clear before we carry on 8)

I've thought of another.
That's you on the right.

I'm on the left.

doog442

you are on the left :!:

I really do value minority groups but hell....thank god im the one with the feathers 8)

what the hell are you going to do with that big chicken :shock:




dont tell me


.its a c.ock ...thought so ....

greg66_tri_v2.0

AT!

Play nice!

Don't bait the 'tards. They drag you down to their level, then they deploy their experience.

sebastiandangerfield

Why do you keep guessing people are lesbians or gay?

Is that a bad thing?

Tsk.

tardington

Are you asking that of Greg66?

Cos I reckon he's both.

doog442

Greg66 wrote:

AT!

Play nice!

Don't bait the 'tards. They drag you down to their level, then they deploy their experience.

did anyone invite you to play with the grown ups :?:

go polish your plastic bikes....

sebastiandangerfield

Pictoral abuse.

The highbrow choice! Awsome AT!

doog442

sebastiandangerfield wrote:

Pictoral abuse.

The highbrow choice! Awsome AT!

unlike self abuse...which would appear to be the the method of choice amongst most on this forum

greg66_tri_v2.0

doog442 wrote:

did anyone invite you to play with the grown ups :?:

Oh, that's a really good line.

I remember it, I think.

Oh yes. I remember it now. I said it to you.

And you got all uppity, bleating about not wanting to be patronised.

And then you cried yourself to sleep.

Oh, bless.

Tough week at school this week?

doog442

yeah greg ...youre my hero

bike1 bike 2....= knobba

you cant post pictures of big cocks lke AT but you can probably show us a picture of your big plastic credit card





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greg66_tri_v2.0

That chip weigh you down much?

The contempt of the ignorant. I could listen to it all day. It's so ... ineffectual.

always_tyred

doog442 wrote:

.its a c.ock ...thought so ....

Right click on the image and look at "properties".
I'm a man with a very big c0ck. Whereas, you are the one on the right.

What were we talking about again? Oh yes, you were confusing "Law and Order" with someone's supervisor having a quiet word with a PC as a result of a couple of independent complaints, on the offchance that they don't bully another cyclist off the road.

lost_in_thought

Greg66 wrote:

AT!

Play nice!

Don't bait the 'tards. They drag you down to their level, then they deploy their experience.

But he's so good at it...

medicbiker

_Brun_ wrote:

I was at the ped crossing at the top of Tottenham Court Rd earlier in the week. As the lights were flashing amber and as I set off from primary in the middle lane, someone behind started beeping at us. Just about to give them the finger, when I get full-on ambulance siren which nearly gave me a f@#king heart attack.

I can appreciate that I needed to get out of the way, but since flashing blue lights are near impossible to see in broad daylight without a mirror, a more subtle way of alerting me to their presence would've been nice.

We are told that if the traffic is light or clear do not use sirens. Using sirens continuously means we get lots and lots of complaints. You put the sirens on in heavy traffic that is actually able to move somewhere, so if stuck at lights and no one can move we turn them off but keep the light on, then put the sirens on again when the lights change. To turn the sirens on you have to honk the horn, to change tone you honk the horn and to turn them off you honk the horn two times in quick concession. So at the approach to red lights you would honk once on approach then honk again to change to the more audibal and immediate warning tone and then twice more to turn them off. Same with going down side roads in a residential area, sirens go off lights stay on unless going through a junction where you would not have priority if it wasnt a blue call or round a blind corner in which case you normally just give a quick whoop whoop whoop.

Also we do not always leave to go to a call from the station. For the majority of time a job comes through after being cancelled for one job and then being given a higher priority one, after leaving hospital or whislt at a standby point or roaming active area patrol. So theres a chance the ambulance was already in the que of traffic without having lights or sirens on and then a job came through to them.

In summary for the majority of a blue light journey we will be travelling with lights on but no sirens.