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Path: num2.nntp.dca.giganews.com!num1.nntp.dca.giganews.com!number.nntp.dca.giganews.com!border3.nntp.dca.giganews.com!border1.nntp.dca.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!goblin1!goblin.stu.neva.ru!feeder.news-service.com!tudelft.nl!txtfeed1.tudelft.nl!dedekind.zen.co.uk!zen.net.uk!hamilton.zen.co.uk!shaftesbury.zen.co.uk.POSTED!not-for-mail Message-ID: <4e3467ce$0$2527$da0feed9@news.zen.co.uk> From: Nuxx Bar  Newsgroups: uk.rec.cycling Subject: Re: Crackdown on drivers ignoring no entry signs. Date: Sat, 30 Jul 2011 21:21:34 +0100 References: <2HOYp.29238$js7.12243@newsfe01.iad> <4e3412b3$0$2502$db0fefd9@news.zen.co.uk> <57p83799k4gdtp400c6f01abg7g64p80e9@4ax.com> Lines: 30 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; U; Intel Mac OS X 10.7; en-US; rv:1.9.2.18) Gecko/20110616 Thunderbird/3.1.11 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <57p83799k4gdtp400c6f01abg7g64p80e9@4ax.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Organization: Zen Internet NNTP-Posting-Host: e656b9da.news.zen.co.uk X-Trace: DXC=@2G23Bog_oPc8@`lPX:2J[nok4Z\W X-Complaints-To: abuse@zen.co.uk Bytes: 2213 Xref: perfectly-safe.chapmancentral.co.uk uk.rec.cycling:819606

On 30/07/2011 21:12, Phil W Lee wrote: > Nuxx Bar  considered Sat, 30 Jul 2011 15:18:26 > +0100 the perfect time to write: > >> On 30/07/2011 08:47, Doug wrote: >>> On 30-Jul-2011, "Simon Mason"  wrote: >>> >>>> Local drivers are putting walkers and cyclists in danger by ignoring a no >>>> entry sign and will face a crackdown. >> >> I just hope that cyclists who ignore the sign will also be fined. > > What for?

Breaking the law.

> There is an exemption for them.

See other posts: there is no exemption for the "no entry" signs themselves, there just happens to be another route which cyclists can use instead.

> Do you really think it is a good idea for police to waste their and > the courts time by issuing tickets that will be over-ruled by the > courts?

No. But if cyclists go through the "no entry" signs themselves (e.g. because they refuse to use cycle lanes on "principle") then they should be fined, and that fine will be upheld. I'm sure you agree that such fines are necessary since "the law is the law".