Police spotting (junction watch)

AMAZlNG...

One of my fav. things I've seen whilst riding in London was a guy roll up to a red light, do a cyclo-cross dismount, jog across with the peds and then jump back on and ride off, all without pause.

When my girlfiend was re-familiarising herself with how to ride a bike she wouldn't believe that I had no problems with getting off and walking through a junction if I considered it to be the safest/easiest thing to do.

I think she believed that I was being patronising, suggesting that we used the crossing, but I've never been adverse to hopping off the bike when it makes sense to do so.

it is, after all, one of the advantages of our chosen mode of transport

Rubbish formatting, sorry, details are unclear but a cyclist may have had a gun pulled on him by a police officer, for rljing.

I couldn't doubt that more if I tried. Maybe an armed copper stopped him, but there is no fucking way he stopped him at gunpoint. Fuck's sake.

One of my fav. things I've seen whilst riding in London was a guy roll up to a red light, do a cyclo-cross dismount, jog across with the peds and then jump back on and ride off, all without pause.

I do this every now (minus the styley dismount) when I know that a green pedestrian signal immediately follows your red light. At some intersections it can save a few minutes of waiting if you're in a rush.

I very much doubt they have armed coppers doing the morning cycling lessons

If you are turning left naturally you park towards the left at the line so as not to risk a collision with a bike undertaking you when the lights change as you move off around the bend.

Whilst waiting however, if a lorry pulls up beside you or even behind you close enough to put you near his forward blind spot - a consideration should be made to get out of there. Risking a £30 fine is less of a problem than risking your own life.

Obviously going out into live traffic who have the right of way is also dangerous.

Basically we need the US law that allows left turns on red lights.

I do get off and push occasionally if it get's too hectic. But sometimes pushing an unwieldily bike across lanes of traffic and around railings is actually more dangerous than rolling to safety further down the road.

Cycle training would suggest you stay in the middle of the lane while waiting so you can hold the lane when you enter into the new road (amongst other reasons). To ensure that no one is trying to undertake you I'd also make a left shoulder check before moving off.

One of my fav. things I've seen whilst riding in London was a guy roll up to a red light, do a cyclo-cross dismount, jog across with the peds and then jump back on and ride off, all without pause.

Having seen both Dammit's dismount and remount technique, I can confirm that this wasn't him.

Gun = speed gun maybe?

Chainbreaker now works for popo, and was just flexin' ?

Very amicable experience with one of the millions of police now frequenting the lights along Brixton road last night. I didn't have a front light foolishly, so was amazed, given the numbers of cops this week, to make it as far home as I did.

Anyway he gave me the line about 'don't become a statistic' and then sent me on my way hurriedly to start yelling at a guy on a moped in the ASL.

think he was a cyclist.

He did say something interesting though - if you get caught without your lights you get a ticketed fine, which you have to pay if you don't buy a light within three days.

God knows how that works

Just read this... true or not.. I dunno.. amusing nonetheless

Whilst indulging in a spot of the obligatory DIY today I discovered I
needed few more bits and bobs, blowtorch, flux, joints etc...
I could not get the car out for a 'quick' 6 miles to the shop as the
community skip lorry was doing its thing so I took the jolly old - new -
racing bike for a spin.Flashing along and wanting to turn right over the bridge system I
crossed the four lanes to take up position for the giratory road system.
Pulled up at the lights and waited, not bothered by and not bothering
anybody when up pulls a plod car, the window goes down on the drivers
side and a head pops out.
Young Plod - "Nice bike you've got there"
Me - "Yes"
Young Plod - "Going out for a ride"
Me - "Yes"
Young Plod - "Where you going"
Me - "Over there"
Young Plod - "You know your in the wrong lane"
Me - "Hows that"
Young Plod - "You should be over there" - Points to the near side lane
four over.
Me - "Can't turn right from there"
Young Plod - "It's dangerous to ride your bike in this lane"
Me - "Be a lot more dangerous turning right from over there"
Young Plod - "Is it yours"
Me - "What"
Young Plod - "The bike"
Me - "Yes"
Young Plod - "Your not wearing cycling clothing"
Me - "No" - wearing old combats, boots and sweatshirt, very dirty as had
been crawling around under the floorboards.
Young Plod - "Your not wearing a helmet either"
Me - "No"
Young Plod - "Just pull up over there for me"
Me - "Why"
Young plod - "I want a word with you"
Me - "What for"
Young Plod - "Don't argue"
Me - "About what"
At this point young plod had had enough and tripped his blue lights...
Young Plod - "get off"
Me - Feeling a bit like finding out how far he would go - "Have I done
something wrong"
Young Plod - "Like I said your in the wrong lane"
Me - "Is that a road traffic offence" - he should have picked up on this!
Young Plod - "Yes"
Me - "Oh" - Get off bike
Young Plod then gets out of car and tells me how he could do me for
dangerous cycling and how I should be wearing a cycle helmet.
Me - "Is that the law then - cycle helmets"
Young Plod - "No but its a lot safer"
Me - "There's never been a study that proved that you know"
Young Plod - "I cycle and I always wear a helmet"
Me - "That's your choice"
Young Plod - "Your not taking this very seriously"
Me - "Aren't I"
Young Plod - "Right - Lets see what you think about getting a fine for
dangerous cycling"
Me - "Your going to give me a ticket"
Young Plod - "I might if you continue like this"
Me - "Am I riding dangerously then"
Young Plod - "Yes"
Me - "How"
Young Plod - "You shouldn't be in the outside lane you should turn right
from the nearside kerb"
Me - "Oh, does it say that in the Road Traffic Act then"
Young Plod - "Do you have any ID"
Me - "What for"
Young Plod - "Because I asked you"
Me - "Are you going to give me a ticket then"
Young Plod - "I've had enough of this what's your name"
Me - "******"
Young Plod - "What do you do for a living"
Me - "I train people"
Young Plod - "Who for"
Me - "The police"
Young Plod - "Oh"
Me - "Does that make a difference"
Young Plod - "Err"
Me - "Do I get a copy of a stop form then"
Young Plod -"Err"
Me - "I really think I should get a copy of a stop form"
Young Plod -"Do we need to do that"
Me - "Yes"
Young Plod - writes out stop form - Name?
Me - "Sgt..."
Young Plod - Finishes the stop form - hands it to me
Me - "Next time you think of abusing your powers you might like to think
about who your talking to first"
Young Plod -"Yes Sarge"
Me - "Do I need to write to your skipper about this"
Young Plod - "No Sarge"
Me - "You think you've learnt your lesson then"
Young Plod - "Yes Sarge"
Me - "You think I should let you get away with this then"
Young Plod - "I think I made a mistake"
Me - "I think you did"
Young Plod - "Are you going to write to my Sergeant then Sarge"
Me - "I think he needs to know, don't you"
Me - "I'll tell you what, You tell your Sergeant and get them to call me
later"
Young Plod - "Yes Sergeant"
Me - "Be sure you do - or I will be writing officially"
Young Plod - "Yes Sergeant" Gets back in car and drives off.
Had chat with female sergeant later - turns out he did tell her and got
bulled for his actions.
Obviously the above is not a word for word but it's pretty close.

Epic win if it's true.

Or fail from young pigs view.

piglet, surely.

Please let that be true, justice is served

Not really - he got off because he was a more senior copper. You or I would have still been impeded from our lawful business, given downright embarrassing safety advice, and potentially arrested/fined.

Epic fail methinks

Who is it? There is not name in the quote.

Rozza's at the bottom of Camberwell New Rd/ Denmark Hill this evening. I'm stopped in the ASL box and a dude just slow rolls through the red doing the look left/right/left/right/left thing which is foolproof for not get squished. Copper yells "CYCLIST! STOP!"
Dude has a Pavlovian response to being shouted at and freezes. Dude looks behind and the cop makes a half arsed three step run towards him. Dude smiles and rides off into the sunset. I lol'd.

:')

Hero.

got stopped by polis for filtering to the right of the queue at the angel. the copper refused to even acknowledge the risk of left filtering.
have they had no guidance at all about a consistent risk assesed message.
randomness

Really?

^^ Bad cyclists thread >>>>>>>>>>>

got stopped by polis for filtering to the right of the queue at the angel. the copper refused to even acknowledge the risk of left filtering.
have they had no guidance at all about a consistent risk assesed message.
randomness

I assume you offered them cycle training?

got stopped by polis for filtering to the right of the queue at the angel. the copper refused to even acknowledge the risk of left filtering.
have they had no guidance at all about a consistent risk assesed message.
randomness

Yet on a police training course for the public they teach you how to do it safely https://www.bikesafe.co.uk/Page/Filtering.aspx