And the latest from pistonheads is

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Protesting bikers blocking two lanes of the motorway
Pistonheads


A quote: Absolutely selfish, actively disruptive law breaking 2 wheeled retards
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[MarJay]

OMG! He was held up for an entire HOUR AND A HALF! Jeez!


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[Knightsy]

And another one:

[J.M.]

[Jim Mc]

I'm gonna go out on a limb and say I totally agree with the cager.

[Knightsy]

[Jim Mc]

Well, causing this kind of disruption is not what the protest was meant to be about. I took part last year and there were too many knobs causing trouble for my liking. If you want the sympathy of other road users for your cause then obstructing both lanes is not the way to do it.

People can't be controlled so this will happen, but he's pissed off, and imo hes got every right to be, let him vent.

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[Ayrton]

[DrDonnyBrago]

You have to see his point, how pissed off were we when the petrol truckers threatened to pull a petrol strike? Most of us certainly didn't give a shit about their cause but were rather annoyed at the outcome.

That said, most seem to realise that Europe wont be content with messing up 2 wheels and they'll coming for them next.

[sidewinder]

1 Cager had a good answer

"Consider how you'd feel if the EU brought in a law which meant you could not fit any non standard parts to your car, including non OE spare parts, which is effectively what the EU are proposing."
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[MarJay]

Erm...

The first protest was pretty bad as people did block the entire motorways. This time they didn't. The protest was done on a Sunday, when people generally don't have to be at work etc.

Where I was on the M3, there was actually very few bikes and the cars were passing with ease.

I don't see the issue really.
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[Derivative]

Quite simply:

No.

The entire point of a protest is to inconvenience people.

That is how you get people to listen.

As long as there exists a coherent goal.

The French Revolution was probably rather inconvenient too.

Perhaps they should have given the populace a look in, before it had to get to that stage.

[G]

I'm not convinced that the form of the current protests is really the right method.

Does inconveniencing random people like this really make people care about your cause?
If I was to inconvienence people, I'd prefer it to be the people that mattered - for instance (not taking sides in this here) but when there was regular protesters at AWE it made sense - they were inconveniencing the people doing the work they disagreed with.
If they'd decided to drive around some roads slowly; people would have just been confused really.

Seems to make even less sense than the nay-sayers.
At least they could use the argument, "well this is what it'd be like if we all drove cars/took the subway" as the French have done.

[Derivative]

I think the point is more that it is a way of broadcasting to the public at large that oppression against minorities is not on.

If it came down to a referendum, the general public would probably vote in favour of almost any new restriction on motorcycle use. We're not that popular.

[Rogerborg]

I believe it's mostly about MAG showing that they can cast Summon Biker Mob at will, in order to get a seat at the big boy table.

Over at the NoToBikeParkingTax forums, one of their neckbeards is trying to get that lot to knock off their Trafalgar Square blockades for much the same reason: just to show that they can.

But too many chumps obviously still didn't get that the idea was to create a "What's all that about?" spectacle rather than a ball-ache.

It probably is counter-productive, but I think it's marginal either way. The NoToMob and their $scamera car hunts have a far better campaign: directed, effective, fun, popular.

One ray of light is that a few posters did notice that if it's bikes today, but it'll be chavmobiles tomorrow. And I will laugh, oh how I will chortle, when it's their turn to be hog tied over the Brussels barrel.
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i still fail to see why the EU has to impose THIER laws in OUR country.

i mean okay, we're supposed to "be a part of the EU" but that does not translate to "We must adapt all thier dumb fuck laws"

that cager was probably having a bad day and needed to rant.

if you asked them politely and on a decent day they will probably turn around and say something like "well in all fairness i understand and sympathise"

bad days + internet forums brings out the worst in people.

also, someone remind we why we joined the eu please? i mean no bloody good has ever come of it, im pretty sure the euro currency is still failing to bring to the table its primary "features" and lets face it, all they do is fuck stuff up for other people.

bunch of big wigs around a table in a nice fancy room with air conditioning counting notes from tax payers and discussing how to screw you over next while the servants serve them caviar and other nasty ass stuff that should be banned
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[daemonoid]

I was quite impressed to see that the majority are fairly supportive and get the point that they're next...
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[Vincent]

Why don't MAG do what everyone else does who wants laws changing for their own benefit - donate to the tory party?
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[TheSmiler]

Love this reply

[Jim Mc]

I think it speaks volumes that the majority of bikers didn't even know about the MAG protest this year.

[Itxi]

[G]

A lot of protests are done through London, say.

However these at least give the opportunity for big placards and the like.
I suspect the majority that saw the recent ones had no idea what it was about - probably coming to the conclusion that bikers are irksome generally.

Was this organised by MAG again?