OG wrote:
> "John Wright" wrote in message
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>> OG wrote:
>>> "John Wright" wrote in message
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>>>> 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.
>>> But would you shop someone who you spotted doing it if there wasn't a
>>> camera?
>> I wouldn't. I think the only time I might was if someone was way over the
>> speed limit in a sensitive place, like outside a school at chucking out
>> time.
>>
>>> In law, no it doesn't make a difference, but whether the full power of
>>> the law should be applied in every case is an interesting civil liberties
>>> question.
>> It is indeed. I suspect that's why a lot of people don't like speed
>> cameras - they show no discretion.
>>
>
> But cameras are pretty obvious, so if people were really bothered you think
> they would take more care not to get caught.
They should be, but not always, especially in rural areas. There is one
I can think of on the A43 which was hidden behind a direction sign. Then
the government said "all cameras must be visible and painted yellow so
people can see them" but this one seemingly was unaffected, it stayed
grey and hidden. This is why people think they are just there for
revenue raising. Also see lots of other posts in uk.transport about what
are known as scamera vans or talivans - these pop up in all sorts of
places often without any warning at all.
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