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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!news.glorb.com!eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail Message-ID:  From: Ding Dong  Newsgroups: uk.rec.cycling Subject: Re: Missing grates are a cycling hazard Date: Fri, 05 Aug 2011 11:40:45 +0100 References: <1-CdnbRU_7qeK6bTnZ2dnUVZ8sidnZ2d@eclipse.net.uk>  Lines: 20 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Reply-To: ding@dong.invalid Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Date: Fri, 5 Aug 2011 10:40:45 +0000 (UTC) Injection-Info: mx04.eternal-september.org; posting-host="8psORfuBq3je/hVXnlNHEQ"; logging-data="1100"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org";	posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1/5phj9i+z7EwDHDZ9F+nh7ii3EO/haZTA=" User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10.7; rv:5.0) Gecko/20110624 Thunderbird/5.0 In-Reply-To:  Cancel-Lock: sha1:2hv//jQhAg1w4tYbMNpPpXHTXR4= Bytes: 2022 Xref: perfectly-safe.chapmancentral.co.uk uk.rec.cycling:820531

On 05/08/2011 11:31, Mentalguy2k8 wrote: > > "Simon Mason"  wrote in message > news:1-CdnbRU_7qeK6bTnZ2dnUVZ8sidnZ2d@eclipse.net.uk... >> "PC Ben Pepper, from Selby police, said the grates were stolen in >> three incidents, with eight reported missing on July 29, five more >> reported missing between Saturday, July 30 and Tuesday, August 2. >> PC Pepper said: "Obviously, the council have had to cordon them off, >> and cyclists have had to move out into the road while they are replaced. >> >> "The grates cost about £45 each, but each one will actually end up >> costing the council about £250, with labour and fitting." >> >> The thefts were discovered by a cyclist who reported the incident to >> the police, who then contacted the Highways Agency." > > But you're either on the pavement or in the middle of the road, so no > hazard.


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