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Re: Cycling wrong way up one way street Posted on: Tue, 13 May 2008 22:22:49 +0100

OG wrote:
> "TimB" wrote in message
> news:ee1705fb-4419-4fe8-910e-9ea9f0b3270e@d1g2000hsg.googlegroups.com...
>> What's the law on cycling the wrong way up a one way street? A few
>> days ago, I was walking home, and saw two people on white Police
>> cycles, wearing hi vis jackets with POLICE emblazoned on the back,
>> travelling at a very leisurely pace, the wrong way round a local one
>> way system, on the pavement. It may or may not have said "Community
>> Support Officer" in smaller writing underneath.
>>
>> Unfortunately, I was too far behind the officers to challenge them
>> about their behaviour. I managed to get a few photos on my phone, but
>> they're very poor quality and wouldn't allow for identification. What
>> would be the best route to take to report these officers? As a
>> cyclist, I despise inconsiderate cycling at the best of times, but
>> from people who are a) supposed to be enforcing the law, and b) whose
>> inconsiderate cycling is much more noticable because of their
>> position, it's unacceptable.
>
> Was it particuarly inconsiderate to anyone?

Does that particularly matter? If you drive a car past a speed camera at
times a few mph over the speed limit when it won't particularly be
inconsiderate to anyone - e.g. at 2 in the morning, you will still get a
ticket.

--
John Wright

I feel like an insane person with the ability to mimic sanity
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