Re: City Of London Police - more baffling prioritising.

[JNugent]

Nick wrote:
> JNugent wrote:
>
>> Nigel Cliffe wrote:
>>
>>> Tony Raven wrote:
>>>
>>>> In article <nL6dnQP6QdGShIvaRVnyuwA@pipex.net>,
>>>> black.cat@nothing.invalid says...
>>>>
>>>>> This is ridiculous and I think it is a symptom of the police taking
>>>>> the easy option to "up" their statistics and look as if they are
>>>>> doing something useful.
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> No, its evidence that the system is institutionally anti-cyclist. You
>>>> get a £300 fine in London for killing a cyclist with your truck while
>>>> rummaging through your paperwork (the Emma Foa case) while according
>>>> to yesterday's Evening Standard, they are planning to introduce a
>>>> £100 spot fine for cycling on the pavement in London, an activity
>>>> that kills one person every four years in the whole of the UK.

>>> And, as far as I can tell, no fines for driving your vehicle onto the
>>> pavement (typically used to park, sometimes used to squeeze past
>>> other vehicles, and no doubt other cases).

>> Do cyclists ever get fined for parking on the "pavement"?

> But parking in the street is an offence AIUI - obstructing the highway.

I assumed the PP had considered that. I had certainly assumed that he
knows that crossing a footway to get to an off street parking space is
obviously fully legal (for a motor vehicle or a bicycle), whether in
the City of London or out in the suburbs.

In Central London, it is still fairly common to see bikes chained to
railings or other fixtures, effectively parked on the pavement.
Anecdotally, I'd say it's not as common as it once was (say, twenty
years ago), but you still see it. Some buildings now display signs
asking cyclists not to chain their bikes to railings, etc.

I don't detect any sense within these current complaint that any of
that is being addressed by the CoLP. AIUI, they are cracking down (to
an extent) on moving offences by cyclists. That being so, it isn't
relevant to point out that motor vehicles are not being fined for
parking on the pavement (if that's what the PP actually meant - he
might not have meant it that way - he might have been referring to
pavement crossings).