CORONAVIRUS - Riding in the UK query

[Kawasaki Jimbo]

[Howling Terror]

There are far better ways of [massive shouty text] at the moment.

You wanna ride I wanna ride ...we all want to ride.

There are members here on the forum who could make most traffic cops jibber with indecision should they get pulled over whilst 'exercising' and they are choosing not to use the bike.
Some well seasoned bike journalists were asked this very same question and they said the same. It's just not worth it at the moment.

It's an unstable form of transport with it's many drawbacks and that's part the reason we like them but I personally do not see adding to the problems in hospitals that they're currently going through as worth it.

In that slim chance you have an off where do you think you'll be going?
Covidsville.
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[Polarbear]

[sean5302]

[sean5302]

[Kawasaki Jimbo]

The article doesn't say she's getting a pay out, and frankly if you can't explain why you're out and about in this crisis I have no sympathy.

Check out the videos of Indian police wielding canes to disperse people. The UK police brutality version is pouring water on a beach barbecue. "Oh, my feelings! "

I recall taking a short cut through a multi-storey car park in Oxford back in the '80s and being stop and searched by a passing Plod. He said there had been a spate of thefts from cars and since I had no car there I looked suspicious. I accepted it and went on my way. It's nothing new.

You're trying to use silence to justify obvious piss-taking. Be a man, not a child.

[sean5302]

[gbrand42]

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[Kawasaki Jimbo]

Tell them you'll thkweam and thkweam until you get what you want.

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[sean5302]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1a4tktGHbWY&t=2411s

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=huOhltxPvbQ

Very easy to sue thick Plod.

[Riejufixing]

[DUCAUDI]

I have observed that the VAST majority of people will readily criticise and be judgemental of other people who break the rules but when it comes to themselves there's always a very good reason for them to be the exception to the rule. The question is to what degree a person breaks the rules and whether that is deemed acceptable and socially/morally ok. They will justify it to themselves and others by saying things like "but I'm not a moron like everyone else, I take sensible precautions" or "it's ok in my case as I didn't encounter anyone on the way or engage with anyone I just went straight there and straight back so no harm done". This is human nature. Nearly everyone will find an excuse or an exception for themselves while judging others.

Myself included. I have broken the rules a number of times in a minor way but justified it to myself and/or others. Although I do TRY not to be too judgemental of others, especially the stranger in the street as you don't know their circumstances or reasons for being out and about.

I just thinks to myself "what would Derek do?".

Be nice, that's all, just be nice.
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[bhinso]

[Tdibs]

[Undinist]

Am I the only one who knows that the police revised the list of reasonable excuses 2 days ago? It's been in the news about 50 billion times.

Full details:https://www.college.police.uk/What-we-do/COVID-19/Documents/What-constitutes-a-reasonable-excuse.pdf

Vague summary: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-52312560
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[hellkat]

[Easy-X]

If you don't have electric start on your bike, does that constitute exercise?

Going further, I think Mr. Stinkwheel would confirm how much energy is expended doing a bit of green laning
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[kawashima]

UK rules seems to be much stricter than ours.
We weren't suggested to stay home before this weekend except central cities. And there's no punishment for breaking it. Hence many of them don't follow the rule and outbreak is rising these days.
Today I rode my bike very carefully cause being hospitalised for crashing is not acceptable. If the rule was like UK one, I won't ride either.
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[DUCAUDI]

[Riejufixing]

[DUCAUDI]

[kawashima]

[DUCAUDI]

[kawashima]

[DUCAUDI]

What's the situation with hospital beds and ventilator availability?
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