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Path: number1.nntp.dca.giganews.com!border2.nntp.dca.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!postnews.google.com!news4.google.com!feeder.news-service.com!cyclone02.ams2.highwinds-media.com!news.highwinds-media.com!npeersf02.ams.highwinds-media.com!newsfe07.ams2.POSTED!7564ea0f!not-for-mail Message-ID:  From: _  Newsgroups: uk.rec.cycling Subject: Re: The motoring lobby Date: Sat, 21 Mar 2009 20:13:46 +0000 References:  <0de6c352-9693-429f-8b3f-d258b97aac90@c11g2000yqj.googlegroups.com> <00ias49cgbr7lqao30rjgiq3gpnfa3p0d3@4ax.com> Lines: 22 User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.21 (Windows/20090302) MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <00ias49cgbr7lqao30rjgiq3gpnfa3p0d3@4ax.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit NNTP-Posting-Host: 86.12.82.202 X-Complaints-To: http://netreport.virginmedia.com X-Trace: newsfe07.ams2 1237666461 86.12.82.202 (Sat, 21 Mar 2009 20:14:21 UTC) NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 21 Mar 2009 20:14:21 UTC Organization: virginmedia.com Bytes: 2252 Xref: perfectly-safe.chapmancentral.co.uk uk.rec.cycling:690548

Just zis Guy, you know? wrote: > On Sat, 21 Mar 2009 11:53:16 -0700 (PDT), MasonS@BP.com said in > <0de6c352-9693-429f-8b3f-d258b97aac90@c11g2000yqj.googlegroups.com>: > >> He then gets done for £250 plus costs and had fleeting thoughts of >> taking it to a Crown Court :-) > > The moral of this story is, when they get you bang to rights the > smart thing is to put your hands up. > > I got a £30 spot fine the other day by driving through a 20m bus > link which is open to cycles, buses and taxis and through which I > ride on the daily journey to the station.  I went into town in the > car on a Sunday to fetch the lad from something or another and just > took the familiar route, brain in neutral.  I felt a proper charlie > when the notice came in a week later, I had to ask them for the > camera footage because I couldn't even remember doing it.  What a > waste of money!  I won't be doing that again in a hurry.  Still > never had a penalty point, though, which is amazing when I consider > how badly I used to drive ten years ago. > Half of road users are worse than average drivers.