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If you’re paying little enough attention to not notice bitch locking someone then you’re probably paying little enough attention to not have noticed if you even got the lock round the bike stand properly.
I’d say the repercussions should act as a deterrent from being stupid/a reminder to pay attention.
I think if it became socially/legally unacceptable to cut a lock that was bitch locking you then you might find it happening a lot more often.
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If this happened near enough to where you live/work (and you have somewhere you can secure your bike without requiring your lock) one option would be to re-lock their bike with your lock, leaving a note saying they can call you and arrange an unlock within the next X hours, otherwise you'll be coming back to pick your lock up...
The 2nd most annoying bitchlock is the one through a brake/gear cable... you can fix it and extract your bike, but you'd really rather not have to and if someone turns up with a key once you've started the process they're getting both barrels...
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I suppose that's fair enough to an extent. I guess I'm a bit more sympathetic because generally don't pay anywhere near as much attention as I should to some things.
Owl's suggestion seems the best to me, I guess the downside is the risk that the other person would just cut through your lock rather than wait around for you to unlock it.
owl
ltc
I think getting your bike nicked is a pretty high price to pay for not paying enough attention. Getting your bike nicked because you're using it to try and nick someone else's is obviously different.