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barrkel World Chat Champion
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Posted: 14:01 - 17 Oct 2017 Post subject: |
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M.C wrote: | Were you wearing your helmet cam' btw? |
I was wearing it but it wasn't turned on. Charging the battery for it every other day with the longer commute I have now was starting to get tedious. Didn't deter them in any case, and nor did they try and remove it from my helmet.
I'm thinking of a Ninja 250R or CBR250 etc.; a geared bike so less useful to thieves, and (hopefully) not particularly desirable either.
And yes, that's the biggest loss, the loss of freedom to ride what you want where you want. I've seen groups of balaclava'd scooterists wandering around Tottenham of late, but almost want to ride a bike that will get stolen but can be tracked to catch the offenders.
Decoy bikes with trackers are the only way these guys are going to get caught, it seems, if they continue not to be chased. The policewoman who took my statement stressed that she'd be personally liable for dangerous driving should she try and chase a scooter.
arry wrote: | I would have serious reservations about the ride into London, TBH. |
Honestly, I don't think I'd resist as much next time - there's no winning, if you escalate they'll escalate, and they have nothing to lose. But I can't do with public transport on my commute. ____________________ Bikes: S1000R, SH350; Exes: Vity 125, PS125, YBR125, ER6f, VFR800, Brutale 920, CB600F, SH300x4
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Rogerborg nimbA
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Posted: 16:07 - 17 Oct 2017 Post subject: |
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Fizzoid wrote: | M.C wrote: | The IPCC have created this problem IMO, they place the job safety of the police below anything. |
FTFY! |
Word. Most coppers of my acquaintance want to do coppering (yes, there are exceptions). But they can't do that if they're sacked, banned and/or jailed for dangerous driving.
The IPCC isn't fit for purpose. It's anti-police enough to stop them doing the job that most decent folk want them to do, while not being rabid enough to placate Dead Dindu's mum. Nobody's happy with it. ____________________ Biking is 1/20th as dangerous as horse riding.
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Ste wrote: | "Chowdhury was sentenced to four years and 10 months after admitting handling stolen goods.
Parkinson, from Islington, was sentenced to five years and three months for robbery.
The 16 and 15-year-olds - who cannot be named for legal reasons - were both jailed for four years and two months."
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Just a quick note that they'll serve between 7.5 and 9.6 days per offence, or less if they abscond from an open prison.
Still, I'm sure they'll have learned their lessons, and won't get caught as easily next time. ____________________ Biking is 1/20th as dangerous as horse riding.
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Continued trickles of news down here in Birmingham, seems theft is a common talk of conversation now and everyone seems to know someone that's been effected in one way or another.
Car jackings on the rise: Audi's and Ford Focus RS (the new ones?) are the most targeted cars. The Focus, it seems, has an easy key-less override that thieves are exploiting. The Audi's are more a Solihull issue due to wealth in the area.
Since my encounter with the five yobbo's on three peds that eye'd up my bike while locked up I haven't really ridden enough to acknowledge them. Encountered a couple of yobbo's in hoodies stopping traffic on a dual carriageway so they could make away from the supermarket car park to a side road (beside a park) and off into the sunset.
City centre (Brum) seems to be getting worse. I had a chat with a lad recently (who could talk for England) that gave me a list of bikes he'd seen around. Said he'd been approached at a set of lights by some youths thinking he was byklyf because they'd watched him take the same route before (no idea how that relates). Although, in saying that, this is the same lad that pulled up beside a random scootay to talk at a set of lights: not really the done thing since theft is now more common (I get a twitchy arse if I sense someone behind me regardless).
Was only in city centre (Brum) for ten minutes the other day when I walked into a book shop, mooched around and then got into a lift whereby two yobbo's then walked in and noticed me (didn't really care to speculate if being followed or not) and walked away (further into the store) once we'd had a moment of stare off. I giggled because was making my way back from garage and had neither bike nor keys on me, tards.
Call me overthinking the entire theft thing but I don't even buy new jackets or gear like I used to because they're all dead weight that I'd struggle to shift at half the price of new if the bike got stolen. Seems pointless to invest a penny more into anything other than petrol until the wave of theft dies down. ____________________ The do it all, T̶h̶e̶ ̶b̶r̶o̶k̶e̶n̶ ̶o̶n̶e̶,̶ ̶T̶h̶e̶ ̶b̶i̶g̶ ̶l̶u̶m̶p̶,̶ ̶C̶h̶o̶n̶g̶ ̶N̶o̶o̶d̶l̶e̶ |
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chris-red Have you considered a TDM?
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Worth a punt I guess...
Dear Mr Cruddas and Mr Khan
My name is Chris Brown, I am a member of Jon’s constituency and I voted for both of you. I work in the Shoreditch and commute via motorcycle, I have done so for 10 years. Put bluntly I am now frightened going to work and am considering arming myself to do so, this is down to what has been dubbed ‘moped crime’. Aside from the MANY videos on YouTube of people being ‘bike jacked’ by what appears to be feral teenagers armed with acid/power tools/knives/machetes, in the last 2 days 3 members of a motorcycle forum I’m on have been bike jacked 2 in London 1 in Bristol. Whilst I enjoyed the film ‘Mad Max’, I do not want to live it. I have seen these ‘packs’ blasting round the city on my commute, they are easy to spot, they don’t stop for Traffic lights and are often not wearing helmets and have no number plates. Can you imagine the fear? You see this pack all you can do is pray they don’t head towards you with acid, machetes or worse. This is what I can experience just trying to go to or from work.
Having this happen to people I know brings it far closer to home and it frightens me, 3 in 2 days! To top that off recently a good friend of mine has his bike nicked and burnt from outside his flat, he lives by Hornchurch Station. I have read that more motorbikes are stolen in the UK than are bought new, how has it been allowed to get this bad? The police seem to be completely ineffectual, many of the perpetrators are showing off on social media yet remain at large and unbothered by the law. I saw one force ticketing nice looking motorcycles at a meet, the message taken from that is “lock it up because we can do naff all useful”.
The REAL kick in the teeth for me personally, is the ULEZ coming in which means I will be FORCED to buy a newer motorcycle, this will make me an even larger target for the thieves. I understand it is to lower pollution I’m on board with that. However the diesel spewing black cabs are exempt! According to the consultation, motorcycles produce LESS than 1% of the pollution and Black Taxis 18%. Good to see the environment in only a concern until a strong union is involved…
I commute via Motorcycle, because it is cheap, quick and reliable. My bike is a 2002 model. I do my own maintenance and my bike is in very good mechanical order. I have used it for the past 10 years and, aside from the odd puncture, it has never let me down in the ~100,000 miles I have put on it. I am not pleading poverty I cannot easily afford to buy a more modern machine. I feel applying the ULEZ to motorcycles will disproportionately affect those less well-off and will make many motorcyclists more vulnerable to bike theft.
I would like to know…
o What steps are the police are being taken to actual catch and deter these criminals?
o Is anything changing with regards to sentencing of these criminals? From what I have read, sentences seem to be ~8 weeks and a driving ban. They’ll be out in less than a month. The only thing a driving ban does to a thief is make it harder for them to go straight.
o Why motorcycles are being included in the ULEZ and Black Cabs not?
While I am not clued into the details as well as yourselves or the police would like to see happen. I am happy for you to reason with be as to why this is not feasible, it is obviously not my area of expertise.
o Undercover operations, have cop ride a nice bike/scooter around the hot spots with support to arrest the thieves when they strike.
o Tougher sentences for thieves especially when violence is used or they have stolen multiple bikes
o Motorcycles excluded from the ULEZ.
In short, I’m 30, I’m a homeowner, I’ve not had a fight since I was in school, I have always either been employed or in education. Other than a few speeding tickets I’ve never been in trouble with the police, I am an upstanding citizen and I am seriously considering arming myself to try to get to work in the capital city. What the fuck is going on?
Yours Sincerely,
Chris Brown ____________________ Well, you know what they say. If you want to save the world, you have to push a few old ladies down the stairs.
Skudd:- Perhaps she just thinks you are a window licker and is being nice just in case she becomes another Jill Dando.
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Sort of related.
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Old Thread Alert!
The last post was made 6 years, 161 days ago. Instead of replying here, would creating a new thread be more useful? |
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