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@paul74
Hey all - been lurking on here for a while so hello.
Excuse the serious post but I was cycling to work today and noticed on the spot fines being doled out in Islington for red lights and this got me thinking how we have it all wrong in London. On one hand cycling seems to be encouraged on enviromental levels but then on another it seems that cyclists are hated across the board (police / bus, taxi, car and van drivers etc...).
I have now had two bikes stolen in London town and the police have done nothing. I read about the guy on here that had his bike destroyed in Brick Lane (seems the police again did nothing) and then yesterday I read about someone - though admittedly drunk - being knocked off his bike by some nippers.
I was wondering - did that google map for stolen bikes get set up? it seems someone needs to be made aware of how bad this problem is getting. perhaps if that gets filled we can point it in the direction of BBC Online or something...
This reads like a right winge but it all seems very backwards right now. I don't get it. Plus the fact that the roads we have to cycle on have huge holes in them.
Moan over. And watch the red lights if you run them.