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Per force and even then per officer. For a majority it would seem that they are rarely involved in an active part of road policing as that's what the traffic units do. They can identify the out and out wrong but anywhere they need specific detailed knowledge of which law is being broken and how it's all a bit sketchy, with cycling some additional knowledge of cycling and a touch of distrust in the cyclist as "an unlicensed random" and you have a mix for routinely doing nothing at all. On the other hand you get an officer who had that question on an exam in police training and it's stuck with them or they had been involved in another case or whatever and it's the other way.
If I remember right this guy I'm subscribed too is in belfast, very active with the police I think so they might be understanding the value of the cycling community more and generally aren't seeing anything to support the "they are all red light jumping..."
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Tx, subscribed. He's in Republic of Ireland by the looks of it, all ROI regs.
We have yellow/white like the rest of the UK...usually [letter][letter]Z then 4 digit regs.We've little road policing here, I just phoned the non-emergency number and they asked me to come in. But the PSNI is quite friendly perhaps.
When it comes to policing parking assholes however (double yellows) well...forgetaboutit.
JWestland
On a more positive note: The Belfast police force really did chase when a van nearly reversed into me, only had a company and partial reg.
They spoke to ups and all that, instead of just going "nah mate, we don't bother". I did have to come into the station but perhaps it just varies per force.