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Path: num2.nntp.dca.giganews.com!num1.nntp.dca.giganews.com!number.nntp.dca.giganews.com!border1.nntp.dca.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!postnews.google.com!i6g2000yqj.googlegroups.com!not-for-mail Message-ID: <5b2d404a-8183-41dd-9244-8e5ba0f02d12@i6g2000yqj.googlegroups.com> From: Nuxx Bar  Newsgroups: uk.rec.cycling Subject: Re: Cops stopping RLjers in London again. Date: Thu, 16 Jul 2009 10:54:54 -0700 (PDT) References:  <7c92nsF26jbm9U2@mid.individual.net>  Lines: 39 Organization: http://groups.google.com NNTP-Posting-Host: 86.163.209.43 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Trace: posting.google.com 1247766894 15475 127.0.0.1 (16 Jul 2009 17:54:54 GMT) X-Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 16 Jul 2009 17:54:54 +0000 (UTC) Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com Injection-Info: i6g2000yqj.googlegroups.com; posting-host=86.163.209.43; posting-account=7_6kYAkAAABD6HrjM0VxehwvZOKMxm4g User-Agent: G2/1.0 X-HTTP-UserAgent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-GB; rv:1.9.0.11) Gecko/2009060215 Firefox/3.0.11 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729),gzip(gfe),gzip(gfe) Bytes: 2526 Xref: perfectly-safe.chapmancentral.co.uk uk.rec.cycling:717930

On Jul 16, 5:29=A0pm, "mileburner"  wrote: > "Bod"  wrote in message > > news:7c92nsF26jbm9U2@mid.individual.net... > > > > > spindrift wrote: > >> Cyclists who jump reds annoy the hell out of me, they make it harder > >> for me and set back the cycling cause. > > >> But this is soft policing. > > >> A box-ticking exercise. > > >> How would you rather see the CoL police force use their time and > >> energies? > > >> We've had 8 cyclists killed by HGVs in London this year. A spot check > >> of HGVs in London found that EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THEM breached road > >> safety law, the driver was uninsured, on a mobile, had fiddled the > >> tacho. > > >> 1 in 8 cars in London are uninsured. > > >> Speed limits, ASLs, cycle lanes are regularly flouted. > > >> I see a dozen drivers on mobiles every day. > > >> These should be police priorities, not stupid box-ticking exercises. > > >> Vote me for mayor and I'll sort out policing priorities. > > > But you'd stop all cars entering London. > > That would eliminate congestion and improve air quality somewhat.

Riiight. So you don't hate motorists, you just want them all to be banned.