Stolen Bikes/Peds In That London

Rogerborg · nimbA Joined: 26 Oct 2010 Karma :

Al Beeb piece on it.

Summary:

Surprisingly, they note that "moped" isn't strictly accurate.

London has 10% of UK bikes, but 60% of thefts.

"it's likely to be two or three years before anti-theft systems are embedded into the design of all scooters."

Or, never.

Crimes committed using scootays have gone up from 5,145 to 16,158 in just one year. Shocked

"although suspects removing their helmets is one of the "elements" they have to think about during a pursuit, he says it also gives police a "real advantage" because their face can be seen by victims, bystanders and on CCTV."

Wot is U on about tho bruv?

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/Balaclava_3_hole_black.jpg/220px-Balaclava_3_hole_black.jpg
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Rogerborg · nimbA Joined: 26 Oct 2010 Karma :

The only people actually responsible are the worthless thieving scum that steal scooters and use them to steal other things.

I agree with James May: Kill them. Kill them all.

Not even jk bruv.
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This has probably been posted somewhere before, but not on this thread that I can see

https://youtu.be/aGPTLwPEvzM

So much of rage
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Rogerborg · nimbA Joined: 26 Oct 2010 Karma :

Skip to the peds:

https://youtu.be/aGPTLwPEvzM?t=992

https://youtu.be/aGPTLwPEvzM?t=1596

https://youtu.be/aGPTLwPEvzM?t=2430

https://youtu.be/aGPTLwPEvzM?t=2985 (pedalists, but same species)

I would execute every single vermin featured in that without the slightest twinge of conscience, starting with the Hicks clan. Such interest in the truth, except for the bit about him being a drug dealer.

Copper came out of that pretty well, although trying to be matey-mate with the pedal-vermin was pretty sad. It's not listening.
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owl · World Chat Champion Joined: 21 Oct 2016 Karma :

so much restraint with the kid who's been caught 15 times snatching phones (big man number) I would have put his head through that wall
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Mark_UK · Borekit Bruiser Joined: 25 Jun 2017 Karma :

I was in my barber's yesterday and there was a phone in show on the radio about motorcycle theft in London. One person said that they should ban pillion riders on scooters in London. Good idea?

But then again I suppose stealing scooters is banned, and it still happens.
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AshWebster · Brolly Dolly Joined: 05 Jan 2017 Karma :

The punishment if found guilty for crimes like snatching and robbery shouldn't be short jail sentences (where they're usually bailed for £50). They should be a room without cameras for 1 hour and the victim gets to choose who accompanies them into that room. Either that or have the old saudi law of thieves getting their hands cut off.. would soon stop the little cunts
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TbirdX · Crazy Courier Joined: 06 Dec 2015 Karma :

First off...on bail for 15 of the same offences?

If he hadn't learned by...oh, let's be generous and say 14 I think it's a fair assumption he's a bit of a lost cause.

What is it...something like 80% of crime committed by the same 10% of criminals?

Lock the fuckers up. For good. They will never, ever be any use in a normal society.

Second. Fine the parents, (who won't pay of course) and then lock those cunts up too. Along with all their darling siblings and their peers and a selection of sharp implements.
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it's spread up here, the local FB bikers group were aware of people being followed in the Rowley regis and Blackheath areas of Oldbury in the west midlands, and there was an attempt on a bike outside my work near Dudley on Saturday where a customer had parked up his K1300S, a two-up ped stopped outside, one got off and walked over to the parked bike and another couple joined them on a classic looking bike, one of our staff was walking up the yard and they scarpered before they could do any damage, this isn't far from Streetbike where an S1000 was stolen in broad daylight a few weeks ago.
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nullity · Borekit Bruiser Joined: 25 Sep 2012 Karma :

Some examples of people fighting back, first one from January, second link is from June.

Midgets with nunchucks try to steal bike
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B10oVl8fEds

#London #Bike #Thieves getting beaten up!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2C7hDFkbKzI

Not sure which is funnier, the high pitched screaming of the thief or the odd high pitched gangsta voice the big lad is putting on. Laughing

M.C · Super Spammer Joined: 29 Sep 2015 Karma :

Both posted before. The nunchucks were taken off the guy by the thieves, and the second one I'm not actually sure involved a bike theft (just seemed to be general gang stuff).

Tierbirdy · Spanner Monkey Joined: 25 Jun 2014 Karma :

We got called (ambo) to an attempted bike jacking yesterday. Bromley/Beckenham area of south London, I'm sure someone mentioned earlier in this thread that they lived there and were worried about being followed by pedbois.

Deliveroo rider on a Ching Chong 125 got chased by 3 #bayklaffs on peds, black yoofs no helmets & balaclava, for about 20 minutes before they decided to just kick his back wheel out and crash the bike if they couldn't just nick it.

Had a chat with the plod who turned up, they're just as frustrated as us with this. He said the rules are changing and they are now permitted (to ask for permission) to pursue bikes regardless of helmet/no helmet, and to ram moving bikes & use stingers as well if necessary. Apparently for some reason as well BTP are allowed to pursue without requiring permission, I dunno if BTP are trained to be supercop Stiggies or something as standard, he said if there's no bike/traffic cops available they'll get BTP to pursue.

More worryingly plod also said that it's even more common than the media makes out, because a lot of the time we only hear about the nice high end bikes they steal... what we don't hear about is scenarios like the one above, where they target slower less desirable bikes to practice their technique on. They're not interested in nicking a Hoosongfanlo 125, they just want practice at taking people down.