http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: Operation close pass en Tue, 19 May 2026 04:47:07 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=19465#post-359278 Thu, 31 Mar 2022 11:32:03 +0000 chdot 359278@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><a href="https://twitter.com/surreyroadcops/status/1508564513582419969" rel="nofollow">https://twitter.com/surreyroadcops/status/1508564513582419969</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=19465#post-359277 Thu, 31 Mar 2022 10:31:27 +0000 ejstubbs 359277@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Closest fit I can find in the existing threads for this:</p> <p><a href="https://twitter.com/UKCopHumour/status/1509137803241836547/photo/1" rel="nofollow">https://twitter.com/UKCopHumour/status/1509137803241836547/photo/1</a></p> <p>It <em>appears</em> to be genuine. The Twitter user "Roads Policing Unit (RPU) - Surrey Police - UK" aka @surreyroadcops certainly is. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=19465#post-358319 Sat, 05 Feb 2022 12:45:29 +0000 Frenchy 358319@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><em>The number fell from 434 of 856 overtakes to 56 of 196.</em></p> <p>Proposal for future study: The effect of prosecuting those 56 drivers. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=19465#post-358318 Sat, 05 Feb 2022 11:49:35 +0000 chdot 358318@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>“</p> <p>Drivers passing dangerously close to cyclists nearly halved in East Lothian pilot project </p> <p>The number of drivers passing dangerously close to cyclists has been almost halved in a trial of new road signs in East Lothian, The Scotsman has learned. </p> <p>“</p> <p><a href="https://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/news/transport/drivers-passing-dangerously-close-to-cyclists-nearly-halved-in-east-lothian-pilot-project-3555536" rel="nofollow">https://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/news/transport/drivers-passing-dangerously-close-to-cyclists-nearly-halved-in-east-lothian-pilot-project-3555536</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=19465#post-353836 Thu, 19 Aug 2021 15:50:07 +0000 Murun Buchstansangur 353836@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Not in abeyance! Who knew?</p> <p>'Police Scotland regularly carry out operations targeting drivers who overtake cyclists too closely, with the latest happening just yesterday in the Leith area of Edinburgh and resulting in six motorists being stopped and spoken to after making close passes on a plain clothes police officer on a bike and given advice on how to overtake safely in future.'</p> <p><a href="https://road.cc/content/news/three-five-scots-want-police-video-reporting-system-285749" rel="nofollow">https://road.cc/content/news/three-five-scots-want-police-video-reporting-system-285749</a></p> <p><a href="https://twitter.com/PolScotVol/status/1427973379441709060" rel="nofollow">https://twitter.com/PolScotVol/status/1427973379441709060</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=19465#post-351460 Thu, 10 Jun 2021 09:59:29 +0000 chdot 351460@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><a href="https://twitter.com/policescotland/status/1402226401294491651" rel="nofollow">https://twitter.com/policescotland/status/1402226401294491651</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=19465#post-340822 Fri, 27 Nov 2020 09:47:13 +0000 Frenchy 340822@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>It's not clear whether those four were a subset of the seven pulled over for close passes. Police could easily have been checking the number plates of other drivers at the same time. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=19465#post-340821 Fri, 27 Nov 2020 09:41:52 +0000 gembo 340821@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@ejstubbs</p> <p>Sounds about right.</p> <p>Using Reicher estimates, 20 per cent of drivers are doing so without MOT or insurance or both, </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=19465#post-340820 Fri, 27 Nov 2020 09:14:17 +0000 ejstubbs 340820@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"4 document offences were detected" Does this mean things like driving without insurance, MoT expired, no VED and driving while disqualified? If so then that seems like a worryingly high number. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=19465#post-340818 Fri, 27 Nov 2020 09:07:38 +0000 gembo 340818@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>That super loves her motors. She is not a fan of op close pass. But was cambridge where the PC a scanned his carrots instead of the Kirispy kreme. Saving himself ten quid and getting himself his jotters. He can still appeal, say the sun was in his eyes or wrong type of scanners or carrots are identical to KK donuts.</p> <p>This is another one for Prof Reicher. Self scan is open to this abuse but almost all people just swipe and pay. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=19465#post-340809 Fri, 27 Nov 2020 00:18:01 +0000 chdot 340809@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><a href="https://twitter.com/polscotrpu/status/1331960041084235777" rel="nofollow">https://twitter.com/polscotrpu/status/1331960041084235777</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=19465#post-337472 Mon, 14 Sep 2020 15:51:37 +0000 steveo 337472@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Would it be considered acceptable to say they can't ask their officers can't go into Broomhouse to enforce the law for health and safety reasons? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=19465#post-337471 Mon, 14 Sep 2020 15:42:10 +0000 I were right about that saddle 337471@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>To be fair they're not saying they can do nothing. They're saying they can't ask their officers to ride on the road.</p> <p>They could set up observation posts with cameras on known blackspots without putting their officers in harm's way. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=19465#post-337467 Mon, 14 Sep 2020 15:30:38 +0000 steveo 337467@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Edit moves to other thread </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=19465#post-337465 Mon, 14 Sep 2020 15:17:12 +0000 algo 337465@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>This is an open admission the police believe the roads to be unsafe to cycle on, but won't do anything about it.</p> <p><a href="https://twitter.com/SuptBrighton/status/1305471453811310592?s=20" rel="nofollow">https://twitter.com/SuptBrighton/status/1305471453811310592?s=20</a></p> <p><a href="http://algorhythmical.co.uk/ocp.png"><img src="http://algorhythmical.co.uk/ocp_small.png"></a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=19465#post-316309 Thu, 24 Oct 2019 14:31:40 +0000 Murun Buchstansangur 316309@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>At least the comments are good (even if some breach rule 2)</p> <p><a href="https://twitter.com/wmerciapolice/status/1187001924089982976" rel="nofollow">https://twitter.com/wmerciapolice/status/1187001924089982976</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=19465#post-301965 Sat, 23 Feb 2019 13:33:12 +0000 splitshift 301965@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@ chdot. Serious Luddite here! I predominately use my phone, if I just press onto a post on Facebook then it just goes all hazy , not as I expect , the copy or paste etc! Is there a specific part I should hover over? However, are the blue text part sometimes, but not always on Facebook posts the bit I should try ? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=19465#post-301948 Fri, 22 Feb 2019 17:28:10 +0000 Frenchy 301948@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><a href="https://twitter.com/polscotrpu/status/1098633688240345094" rel="nofollow">https://twitter.com/polscotrpu/status/1098633688240345094</a></p> <p>Police Scotland saying you can specifically request traffic officers deal with reports of close passes.</p> <p>I asked Police Scotland a while ago if this was possible and was told "All Police Officers are able to report cases of dangerous driving. There is no need to report directly to a specialist Road Policing Officer."</p> <p>Good to see that changing. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=19465#post-301947 Fri, 22 Feb 2019 17:19:12 +0000 chdot 301947@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Yes u can. </p> <p>Copy and paste. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=19465#post-301945 Fri, 22 Feb 2019 17:03:35 +0000 splitshift 301945@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Again sorry I can’t do all that clever link stuff !! </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=19465#post-301919 Fri, 22 Feb 2019 13:44:03 +0000 acsimpson 301919@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>It's on Forth Valley's divisional page rather than PS page as far as I can see:<br /> <a href="https://www.facebook.com/ForthValleyPoliceDivision/photos/a.198337750204151/2119122614792312">https://www.facebook.com/ForthValleyPoliceDivision/photos/a.198337750204151/2119122614792312</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=19465#post-301916 Fri, 22 Feb 2019 13:41:44 +0000 ejstubbs 301916@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I can't for the life of me find anything about Operation Close Pass on <a href="https://www.facebook.com/PoliceScotland/">Police Scotland's Facebook page</a>. Can someone post the URL, please? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=19465#post-301901 Fri, 22 Feb 2019 11:14:01 +0000 neddie 301901@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Cheers bud. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=19465#post-301896 Fri, 22 Feb 2019 11:09:16 +0000 gembo 301896@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>nice tweed cap Neddie </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=19465#post-301891 Fri, 22 Feb 2019 10:42:08 +0000 neddie 301891@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Previous thread: <a href="http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=17633&amp;page=20" rel="nofollow">http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=17633&amp;page=20</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=19465#post-301890 Fri, 22 Feb 2019 10:39:10 +0000 I were right about that saddle 301890@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Yesterday was Mother Language Day. Scots&gt;Doric&gt;Tounser. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=19465#post-301886 Fri, 22 Feb 2019 10:33:14 +0000 crowriver 301886@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Translation for Glesca folk: ye knooooooooow. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=19465#post-301883 Fri, 22 Feb 2019 09:59:33 +0000 splitshift 301883@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I know I hail<br /> From the speckled Kirk area, but I am not familiar with this , “ ken” that you speak off !<br /> But , aye, in aboot em ! http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=19465#post-301868 Thu, 21 Feb 2019 23:29:28 +0000 minus six 301868@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@splitshift</p> <p>we just nee tae get a wee team the gither</p> <p>sort this mess oot, ken </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=19465#post-301867 Thu, 21 Feb 2019 23:19:13 +0000 splitshift 301867@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>People’s, I don’t know how to link it , but , operation close pass this morning, police scotland Facebook page. Comments from some people are frankly incredible !!!<br /> Be safe </p>