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On 27/07/2011 08:24, Doug wrote: > Its good to see that this use of a car-weapon ended up with a suitable > punishment. The question is though, why doesn't this happen when cyclists > are deliberately rammed and knocked off their bikes, as sometimes happens on > London Critical Mass rides? Do cyclists have fewer rights than parking > attendants, or does participation in CM afford drivers with immunity from > prosecution?

Actually I'd say that cyclists who deliberately get in drivers' way (e.g. in Critical Mass), and "parking attendants" who are just trying to make money from the motorist, are about equally deserving of being run over. (They don't deserve to be run over, but if they didn't needlessly antagonise drivers in the first place then it probably wouldn't get to that stage....)

The really stupid thing about this is that the "penalty charge" in question was completely unenforceable. All the driver had to do was refuse to pay and ignore any correspondence regarding the matter. (I know the car-haters don't like this being publicised, but "the law is the law"....)

Quite surprised that ASDA are actually using these vermin to give out tickets for these trivial "infractions". You'd think they wouldn't want to alienate paying customers (as opposed to, say, those who were using the car park but not the shop).