Police spotting (junction watch)

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The not so good - the north side of Southwark Bridge there is a policeman hiding behind a parked lorry just before Cannon St where I presume he is going to be ticketing cyclists that go through the lights early

Simples - don't RLJ ;-)

Simples - don't RLJ ;-)
I agree! I always stop there but I do however set off early through there as I know the timings and it can be a bit whacky races with bikes, motorbikes and trucks etc

How are they measuring the speed of the cyclists?

That's a good question- is a cyclist large enough and with sufficient albedo to allow a laser gun to work?

Yep using a handheld speed gun.....and I can verify it was correct from my garmin. I overtook a couple of cars while about half a kilometer away and thought it would be too far away so carried on overtaking....it wasn't.

Max £200 fine 2nd time apparently.

That's a good question- is a cyclist large enough and with sufficient albedo to allow a laser gun to work?

What I thought.

Google reveals conflicting reports about this. They do seem to work on cyclkists, however a lot of sources say they can be wildly inaccurate.

Isn't there the old "when was the speed gun calibrated" defense in these circumstances?

Yep using a handheld speed gun.....and I can verify it was correct from my garmin. I overtook a couple of cars while about half a kilometer away and thought it would be too far away so carried on overtaking....it wasn't.

Max £200 fine 2nd time apparently.

Be interesting to see the basis for this in law- I'm not that familiar with it but it's meant to be arguable I think as to whether it would stand up in court.

Of course, as there is a 20mph limit we should not exceed that, so it is a moot point.

Of course, as there is a 20mph limit we should not exceed that, so it is a moot point.

Ahem

http://www.lfgss.com/thread1315.html

Yep, that would be a great resouce for the coppers if it was admissable.

Southwark St blitz. Own up if it was you who ran the red.

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I'd like to know of not having a speedometer would be a defence against speeding?

On public roads - NA as the speed limits don't apply
On private roads or other areas with a bylaw implementing a speedlimit (eg Richmond Park) - not a defence.

Motorcycle cops at the crossroads by Barbican station the other day. I was enormously pleased to see the cop stride towards us and then pull aside for a "chat" the scooter who had ridden into the advance cycle box.

bike register catch all holdup on kingsland road going south past haggerston station

edit: on closer inspection it looks like they are just doing bikereg and not apprehending nodders without lights or tubular trispokes at this time.

By a police Anpr interceptor on the Walworth Road?

A cyclist or a driver?

Cyclist. On a nice single speed with bullhorns.

By a police Anpr interceptor on the Walworth Road?

a what ?

was it one of these perchance ?

or one of these ?

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I'm having a Proustian moment. If I went over to the toys thread now I'd have a melt down.

Police were pulling over and fining cyclists jumping the left turn lights there. They were hiding around some parked cars just before Calvert Ave turning

Nah not that cool. It felt like watching an episode of road wars....

It felt like watching an episode of road wars....

Was the bike running on red diesel?