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You can put in a FOI request (and pay a nominal fee) - but I have to agree, I doubt they will feel the need to get the CCTV footage in these circumstances.

DPA (not FOI due to public interest issues) create a transaction between the member of the public and the local authority (or private business) that is independant of the police. By law, this cannot be refused, regardless of the severity of crime involved. However, the local authority may elect to inform the police of a request relating to an ongoing investigation. This is where the law balances well in Mary's favour.

Lost CCTV isn't something that the police could get to easily, even if they were so inclined.

Amazed at the pessimism here. Just because the police are "an authority" doesn't make them some all powerful entity who indulge in endless black bag operations to protect their own. They have a large insurance policy for a reason.

Handcuff a corpse to the downtube, that'll keep any bike thieves at bay.

Will I get to the top of the table with an "I give head for rep" spokecard?

I'm punting that the nicking will end up on youtube by the end of the week.

The traffic sergeant that came to the scene was obviously trying not to put the driver at fault to cover the polices own ass, but in this situation it is hardly going to be the cyclists fault.

I wouldn't way that for definite, there's always a lot of politics when investigating someone from another division. Also, similar to a driver admitting fault at an accident, an officer of the same organisation also should not admit fault for a whole raft of insurance and legal reasons.

However, in case of any possible collusion, sit on them on this one. Make sure you track and log every single move. Also, get your precedents in order and get them to the police. You don't want them swerving the investigation under a presumption of rider illegality.

Get straight onto the Local Authority about the CCTV. They should provide you with full details of all council, city, police and private systems in the area that might provide even a shred of coverage. If get stalled even once then start citing Data Protection and Freedom of Information.

All the best to Mary of course.

The Spoke Zarathustra for the existentialist hipsters.

hippy, you can get custom handlebar tape from these people - http://www.offthefront.com/sports.htm

shame they didn't murder him to get it. fucken tory piece of shit, amoral, bogus liar; dirty, specious conman; flighty, revolting toffhead; asshole, racist, and stinkingly rich friend of the rich.

Copy and paste from Rogets Disaffected Socialist Thesaurus?

Odds on Cameron going "fixie"?

If we can retrieve the bike from Brick Lane we could take care of the upgrade for him.

Napalm is proven to remove 100% of decals.

Just scoop up a big handful and then rub onto the frame and light with a match.

Can't you get dummy hoods for this sort of thing?

I could, but the free ones off the gf's old cross bike were free and I like them. Besides I'm a pitiful fixed newb and need brakes at the moment.

Saw that. Left me wandering what they bumped for Cav's 4 wins.

they can't be charging ID-less cyclists with vagrancy surely Shirley?

That's a bum rap.

No, indeed they can't. But as mentioned upthread, if they have witnessed you commiting an offence (as opposed to crime) then it becomes offense to withhold information or provide false information.

If you say you don't have an address, you just confessed to vagrancy.
If you provide an address, they can always take you there to check. One might presume you would at least be carrying keys. They are a form of proof of ID. Even if you aren't carrying keys, it's not unreasonable that they might expect you to tell them your plans to regain entry to said address.

It's quite easy to see how withholding ID can turn into a big clusterfuck for yourself ending up with the police engaging in a book throwing exercise. No bell, that's an offence. No reflector, that's an offense. No reflectors on your pedals, that's an offence. Wasting police time, that's an offence. And so it goes.

Wrong.

No way can Sastre ride away from Evans + teammates on a flat stage,

Maybe not, if only tomorrow were a flat stage.

still two stages in which it is entirely possible to put time for either schleck or sastre to put time into evans.

Plus a real race on the Champs could happen.

Your braking in the wet will always be compromised. The limiting factor will be the grip your tyres have with the road.

And whether you're too lazy to clean your rims and replace your pads soon enough.

i added rep for this comment.

what do you expect though, the chap lives in peterborough. although i hear it's lovely there this time of year.

Really it's not. Although it's nice to know I'm not alone.

Just an aside here but is Andy Schleck trying to steal the ugliest man on a bike jersey from Cadel Evans?

It pains me to say that I'll be glad to move back to Swindon when my gf's contract ends in September. Such is the life of an engineer's wife.

Alas I can't persuade her to move back to my beloved London but at least I like the Cotswolds.

The website has the best example of NoBrakes I've seen for a while, cos whilst there are actually brake levers, there's no cables, or actual brakes.

Even if I do ditch the brakes, I'll still keep the levers. Mainly because my preferred riding position is on the hoods.

Where are those planters?

I've pursuaded my gf to let me get one of those for the front of the new house.

What about all the Bxastard motorists using mobile phones or stopping in the centre of yellow box junctions, when do they get their tickets! Could you photograph motorists and their number plates on the phone at busy road junctions or wherever and then give the evidence to the police? I wonder if they would do anything?

If you do it as an official report then they occaisionally send out a PCSO to have a word with the driver to remind them to obey the law. Otherwise its a polite letter saying please don't do it again because it means more paperwork for us.

What kind of brakes are they?

+1

Maybe some heavy trimming just to sharpen it up a bit.

There's just mutants out there, I'm telling you.

It's true.

I live in Peterborough and chock full of mutants - ugly, ugly mutants.

I hate it here.