Re: E scooters
Posted: Thu May 21, 2020 1:54 pm
You made one mistake there Des; you said 'streets' and not 'pavements'.
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The pedestrians?and yet they are being whittled away
My apologies I didn't see the "HIRE" in your post.stuffedpike20 wrote: ↑Mon Jul 27, 2020 9:27 am Just to 'nit pick' a bit, I did say 'the go-ahead for HIRE E scooters has been given".
I have no problem with E scooters being used right now by anyone, as long as they never go on the pavements and clash with pedestrians.
But of course they will be all over the pavements because there is no deterrent; just as there is no deterrent for cyclists on the pavements.
The Police service (sadly no longer called a Police force) in the UK has become more social work than actually catching criminals.stuffedpike20 wrote: ↑Mon Jul 27, 2020 10:31 am My sympathy is also with the police Murrayminor.
However, a few years ago I did a Freedom of Information request and asked how many pavement cyclists had been issued with a fixed penalty notice in the last 12 months in Nottinghamshire. The answer was....none.
A couple of years ago I asked the same question, and was told by the police that they "no longer retain that information".
I was then told by local police that they no longer even carry the fixed penalty notices; and prefer to just talk to errant cyclists.
I would love to see a short period of Zero Tolerance in the UK. Every litter dropper, pavement cyclist, pavement parker, indicator shirker, non seatbelt wearing, mobile phone driver etc would have the book thrown at them. The Country would be a better place.
Shame it is never going to happen.
When I broke down on Rutland stretch of the A1 a couple of years ago, while heading to the Anniversary event, viewtopic.php?f=1&t=69069&hilit=Anniversary#p629851Murrayminor wrote: ↑Mon Jul 27, 2020 10:11 am
My old beat was North Manchester which ran from the border of Lancashire to West Yorkshire and back across to the border of Merseyside and down to the city centre, when I was on the Roads Policing unit or Traffic as it was then there were three of us covering that area, that same area is now covered by one lone officer.
Thats kinda funny - I don't think that many obese individuals are likely to jump on a bike and pedal off into a slim and healthy future just 'cause their doctor suggested it! Even if they do, they will give up at the first sign of a hill! Some people like being active, others don't - and they are the ones more likely to be obese.stuffedpike20 wrote: ↑Sun Jul 26, 2020 10:32 am News today is that GPs will be prescribing cycling to combat the obesity crisis; so pedestrians are going to be under fire from E scooters and cyclists on the pavements.
Unfortunately UK Governments, whichever flavour you prefer,seem to think by throwing a few extra bobbies at the problem its solved.stuffedpike20 wrote: ↑Mon Jul 27, 2020 12:35 pm Thanks for explaining that Murrayminor. Very interesting.
Surely we can't go on like this; something needs to change!
Extremely depressing and in this regard the police have my total sympathy.Defendant turns up an hour late (nothing said abut being late).
Finally court is in session, nothing is passed to the officer outside and the defendant comes out of court smiling and happy and walks away.
Next case now being heard, the officer outside is left in the dark until close of play when the CPS inform the officer the defendant was dealt with and can pay the £xx fine at 50p a week for the next year or so.
Fine never paid, Police officer gets a letter stating the fine has not been paid but instead of getting a warrant for non payment, the case is dropped without consultation with the Police officer.
That is the current situation and a timeline of how long it can take to deal with a simple case of carless driving or unnecessary obstruction.
Now you may understand why so many people are given verbal advice.