http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: ENews indulges in misleading and provocative headline en Sun, 31 May 2026 09:23:41 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=20798#post-357188 Fri, 26 Nov 2021 18:49:17 +0000 Yodhrin 357188@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>If the injunction applied here, I'd be more worried about the bits where some riders have to stop on side roads while the main procession goes by, to discourage &lt;rule 2&gt; drivers from trying to push through, they specifically could be characterised as "blocking the carriageway".</p> <p>Also it's not just the injunction that has to be considered, if they wanted to the police could decide that Critical Mass constitutes a protest under the new crime bill, and if that gets through the Lords in anything like the state it's in now, it would only take one member of the public to claim they were "distressed or alarmed" or whatever the wording is by the group and the polis could clap 'em in irons and push for up to 51 weeks imprisonment, or just slap every one of them with their new "protest asbos" that could ban them from cycling on roads or in groups or even to engage in pro-cycling advocacy on twitter - and they'd be able to do that without even having to arrest you. Still not clear exactly how much of it would apply in Scotland at all - you'd hope none, but the current lot seem to know sod-all about devolution and care even less, so who knows what she'll try and get away with. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=20798#post-357187 Fri, 26 Nov 2021 18:38:52 +0000 neddie 357187@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I think the legislation is worded such that "go slows" count as 'blocking', although notably the English police never bothered to serve an injunction against a 5mph fuel price protest made by cars and lorries. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=20798#post-357185 Fri, 26 Nov 2021 18:10:14 +0000 LaidBack 357185@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Cycle CM rides create no more congestion than Car CM? Most bikes on this will be moving I expect. Car CM is often static and can be found every day on city streets. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=20798#post-357184 Fri, 26 Nov 2021 17:31:56 +0000 neddie 357184@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Pretty sure it was Grant Shapps who introduced this "private injunction" road blocking legislation. "Private injuction" being a means to bypass normal process in terms of law-making.</p> <p>I don't think it applies to Scotland (please correct me if I'm wrong) </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=20798#post-357180 Fri, 26 Nov 2021 16:12:52 +0000 acsimpson 357180@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Assuming they are carrying locks with them then they could certainly end up on the wrong side of a grumpy copper. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=20798#post-357178 Fri, 26 Nov 2021 15:14:39 +0000 Yodhrin 357178@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Okay it's EEN being EEN, but it does prompt the question - will Critical Mass rides in England now be vulnerable to Priti Vile's "obstructing the carriageway" legislation? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=20798#post-357168 Fri, 26 Nov 2021 11:53:15 +0000 SRD 357168@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>wait till they hear about <a href="http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=20755#post-357166">the women riding around</a>... </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=20798#post-357167 Fri, 26 Nov 2021 11:48:40 +0000 chdot 357167@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>“</p> <p>Cyclists gear up to block roads in mass ride safety protest </p> <p>Cyclists will gather at the weekend in a mass protest ride about the safety of two-wheeled users on the roads of Edinburgh. </p> <p>“</p> <p><a href="https://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/news/people/cyclists-gear-up-to-block-roads-in-mass-ride-safety-protest-3472124" rel="nofollow">https://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/news/people/cyclists-gear-up-to-block-roads-in-mass-ride-safety-protest-3472124</a> </p>