http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: Opinions on Police Scotland new ad? en Tue, 19 May 2026 02:41:38 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=21300#post-367931 Sat, 06 May 2023 08:32:33 +0000 nobrakes 367931@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>If it's lack of money they could come down to Stow and point a speed gun up the supposedly 20 mph A7. Ker-ching. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=21300#post-367923 Fri, 05 May 2023 16:42:58 +0000 chdot 367923@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>That’s SO cynical. </p> <p>But sadly may well be true. </p> <p>All sorts of puffs on Twitter about ‘<em>cycling</em> round bits of Edinburgh and talking to people’ and ‘pulled someone over and found they were disqualified/no insurance/etc’. </p> <p>PLUS ‘took speed camera out to 50mph road and stopped 3 people going <em>over</em> 75’. </p> <p>Meanwhile (apparently) 40% of crime is ‘fraud’ with 2% of officers looking into it. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=21300#post-367922 Fri, 05 May 2023 16:07:41 +0000 Yodhrin 367922@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I'm sure they could manage to scrape together the required salaries, but they might have to drop a few of their stunt-enforcement programs and they won't have that - a national portal might significantly reduce RTAs and criminality, but it's not <em>real policing</em> is it, not like a couple of bobbies standing on a street with a speed gun and giving the occasional genuinely egregious speeder a very stern talking to. Perhaps even a finger wag if they're feeling uncharitable. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=21300#post-367919 Fri, 05 May 2023 14:37:26 +0000 ejstubbs 367919@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><blockquote>shelve the dashcam portal for budgetary reasons</blockquote></p> <p>Because it would create extra work (which they'd then have to pay someone to do)?</p> <p>Heaven forfend that they should be able to put any effort into, you know, <em>enforcing the law</em>. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=21300#post-367916 Fri, 05 May 2023 12:08:34 +0000 Yodhrin 367916@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><blockquote>shelve the dashcam portal for budgetary reasons</blockquote></p> <p>Aye my bum. I mean it's technically true in that they gave that reason, but it's bollocks since they were given ringfenced funding to get it going. If I had any doubt the seniors at Police Scotland were blocking it as an eff-you to the Scottish Government for not giving them the overall budget they wanted, it went away when they sent half the Glasgow force to set up a "murder tent" on Sturgeon's front lawn for the benefit of the media when they were having a quick rummage through their paperwork. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=21300#post-367914 Fri, 05 May 2023 10:28:55 +0000 neddie 367914@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Good drivers will see it and think, "great, I already do this and I'm a good driver"</p> <p>Bad drivers will either not bother to watch it at all, or will think, "meh, why do I need to bother with this?"</p> <p>And there's the rub of these kind of campaigns: they only succeed in communicating to the ones that "already know" </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=21300#post-367911 Fri, 05 May 2023 10:20:09 +0000 CocoShepherd 367911@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Good video. Hopefully will introduce to drivists the idea that cyclists are humans too. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=21300#post-367908 Fri, 05 May 2023 09:17:19 +0000 chdot 367908@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>But is it PS or CS money?</p> <p>“</p> <p>On average, four cyclists a week suffer serious injuries on Scotland's roads from vehicle collisions </p> <p>Close passes are a common experience for cyclists, which is why we're supporting the @CyclingScotland #GiveCycleSpace campaign. </p> <p>“</p> <p><a href="https://twitter.com/PoliceScotland/status/1654048324952137728" rel="nofollow">https://twitter.com/PoliceScotland/status/1654048324952137728</a></p> <p>Whatever, I can’t see it making much difference. </p> <p>Doubt if it will have as much profile/advertising spend as CS’s much derided NiceWayCode effort. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=21300#post-367907 Fri, 05 May 2023 08:23:42 +0000 mcairney 367907@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I don't mind the video (it's a bit twee but other than that) but it's a bad look to spend money on it and shelve the dashcam portal for budgetary reasons (and I've said as much on their Twitter) </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=21300#post-367905 Thu, 04 May 2023 22:24:25 +0000 boghall 367905@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/bikecommuting/comments/137h14z/police_scotlands_new_cycling_campaign/" rel="nofollow">https://www.reddit.com/r/bikecommuting/comments/137h14z/police_scotlands_new_cycling_campaign/</a></p> <p>[Sorry if a repost] </p>