http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: Police cyclists en Wed, 13 May 2026 02:00:23 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=4126&page=2#post-96432 Thu, 10 Jan 2013 18:06:20 +0000 Roibeard 96432@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Sort of - got distracted into the FoI logs when checking about complaints procedure...</p> <p>Robert </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=4126&page=2#post-96425 Thu, 10 Jan 2013 16:59:52 +0000 DaveC 96425@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I guess you are reading it incase you are pulled over in future so you can point out that you are following their recomended best practice? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=4126&page=2#post-96424 Thu, 10 Jan 2013 16:51:15 +0000 Roibeard 96424@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Bit of thread necromancy here, but thought it would be of interest - the Police's <a href="http://lbp.police.uk/information/freedom_of_information/disclosure_log/2012/march/officer_cycle_training.aspx">cycling training manual</a> is available for download via an FoI request.</p> <p>It's Cycling Scotland's "Cycle Patrol" course, which appears to be broader than simply a police resource.</p> <p>Robert </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=4126&page=2#post-48121 Sat, 26 Nov 2011 18:12:35 +0000 Min 48121@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Horrible story here about "bargain" shopping in the US but I couldn't help noticing that at about 45 seconds there is a police cycle with flashing blue lights.</p> <p><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-15901426" rel="nofollow">http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-15901426</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=4126&page=2#post-46211 Fri, 11 Nov 2011 11:04:41 +0000 DaveC 46211@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Dave '<em>broken link</em>'</p> <p>This <a href="http://www.scotsman.com/edinburgh-evening-news/edinburgh/from_red_light_runners_to_drug_dealers_edinburgh_s_bicycle_police_have_it_covered_1_1958634">link should work</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=4126&page=2#post-46178 Fri, 11 Nov 2011 00:58:55 +0000 Dave 46178@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><em><a href="http://www.scotsman.com/edinburgh-evening-news/edinburgh/from_red_light_runners_to_drug_dealers_edinburgh_s_bicycle_police_hav.." rel="nofollow">http://www.scotsman.com/edinburgh-evening-news/edinburgh/from_red_light_runners_to_drug_dealers_edinburgh_s_bicycle_police_hav..</a>.</em></p> <p>I completely forgot that I have the PrejudiceConverter (TM) switched on now, and was perplexed to be reading a story which featured such comments as:</p> <p>"... in particular focus on fellow black men breaking the law... there is considerable public demand that it be robustly enforced."</p> <p>It's great, like having an instant take-me-to-the-18th-century mode.</p> <p>Probably shouldn't be on by default though! </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=4126&page=2#post-46176 Fri, 11 Nov 2011 00:41:32 +0000 kaputnik 46176@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>yes, "ambition" - meaning you think something might be nice, but you know, you can't <em>really</em> be bothered </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=4126&page=2#post-46175 Fri, 11 Nov 2011 00:39:45 +0000 recombodna 46175@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>" And with the Capital’s ambition to become one of Europe’s most cycle-friendly cities,"......... you whaaaa????? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=4126&page=2#post-46168 Thu, 10 Nov 2011 22:50:37 +0000 kaputnik 46168@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Did we or did we not clarify that police bicycles are or are not allowed to red-light jump? I thought it was they are not. But willing to be corrected. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=4126&page=2#post-46167 Thu, 10 Nov 2011 22:05:18 +0000 chdot 46167@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"Suddenly we shoot out in hot pursuit, speeding through a red light, cutting across lanes of traffic and weaving in and out of bemused motorists."</p> <p><a href="http://www.scotsman.com/edinburgh-evening-news/edinburgh/from_red_light_runners_to_drug_dealers_edinburgh_s_bicycle_police_have_it_covered_1_1958634" rel="nofollow">http://www.scotsman.com/edinburgh-evening-news/edinburgh/from_red_light_runners_to_drug_dealers_edinburgh_s_bicycle_police_have_it_covered_1_1958634</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=4126&page=2#post-45636 Mon, 07 Nov 2011 14:33:48 +0000 Roibeard 45636@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Possibly of interest - the Met have bicycle mounties ("Bike Fuzz") too, and one blogger got to spend a morning with them:</p> <p><a href="http://thecyclingsilk.blogspot.com/2011/11/my-morning-with-metropolitan-police.html">Morning with the Met</a></p> <p>Robert </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=4126&page=2#post-43623 Wed, 19 Oct 2011 14:57:55 +0000 DaveC 43623@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Tom, "I saw a police cyclist on Sunday cycling along the pavement near Port Seton and just a few seconds too late to see me getting left-hooked by a car turning into the holiday camp. He gave me a friendly wave though."</p> <p>The cycle path there runs along the pavement parallel to the <a href="http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?q=port+seton&amp;hl=en&amp;ll=55.972375,-2.931926&amp;spn=0.000012,0.016469&amp;hnear=Port+Seton,+Prestonpans,+East+Lothian,+United+Kingdom&amp;gl=uk&amp;t=m&amp;z=17&amp;vpsrc=6&amp;layer=c&amp;cbll=55.972375,-2.931926&amp;panoid=-3O-2B22B_7Wg54gTyyVFg&amp;cbp=12,72.6,,0,1.11">pedestrian path</a>. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=4126&page=2#post-43622 Wed, 19 Oct 2011 14:54:43 +0000 LaidBack 43622@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><strong>Tom </strong><em>I saw a police cyclist on Sunday cycling along the pavement near Port Seton and just a few seconds too late to see me getting left-hooked by a car turning into the holiday camp. He gave me a friendly wave though.</em></p> <p>That's not good... I mean two things are covered here</p> <p>He was cycling on a pavement and he missed the incident? I thought they were always in twos... </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=4126&page=2#post-43621 Wed, 19 Oct 2011 14:46:09 +0000 PS 43621@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I've heard that Canning Street has been made one-way temporarily (for which read "for many months") due to construction work that is going on round the back there, meaning that some pretty big lorries are rolling out that way. Safety first. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=4126&page=2#post-43607 Wed, 19 Oct 2011 13:39:09 +0000 Wilmington's Cow 43607@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"<em>Is it not a one-way street there???</em>"</p> <p>Nope. At least it wasn't for the 6 years I used it until moving job earlier in the year. Seems an odd one to close off in one direction...</p> <p>At least that's if we're talking about Canning Street. The Rutland Square link there IS one way. But nice short get-off-and-walk until you get to the square itself which is two way all the way round. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=4126&page=2#post-43588 Wed, 19 Oct 2011 12:37:10 +0000 chdot 43588@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"<br /> Cycle-safety week - I didn't even know this was happening. But apparently it was and included interventions with drivers and cyclists. Lothian &amp; Borders Police put out a press release about it, picked up by STV local (watch out for the ads). This angers me. Both stories start off with "247 cyclists" being stopped.<br /> "</p> <p>More -</p> <p><a href="http://drpetermatthews.blogspot.com/2011/10/cycling-in-my-home-city.html" rel="nofollow">http://drpetermatthews.blogspot.com/2011/10/cycling-in-my-home-city.html</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=4126&page=2#post-43559 Tue, 18 Oct 2011 22:35:09 +0000 alibali 43559@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"..CEC has a bee in its bonnet about rat runs.."</p> <p>In inconsistent bee at best. They don't seem to be willing to tackle a rat run if it would divert significant trafic back onto a choke point.</p> <p>The recommended cycle route from the canal south along Craiglockhart Road is a case in point. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=4126&page=2#post-43555 Tue, 18 Oct 2011 21:25:38 +0000 Cyclingmollie 43555@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I saw a police cyclist on Sunday cycling along the pavement near Port Seton and just a few seconds too late to see me getting left-hooked by a car turning into the holiday camp. He gave me a friendly wave though. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=4126&page=2#post-43554 Tue, 18 Oct 2011 20:25:15 +0000 1lesscar 43554@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><blockquote> I mean, why? :-/ I know CEC has a bee in its bonnet about rat runs but this is a bit ridiculous. </blockquote></p> <p>Is it not a one-way street there??? Think the two go hand in hand, and I wouldn't expect an 'except cycles' would be very safe! </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=4126&page=2#post-43547 Tue, 18 Oct 2011 18:37:20 +0000 Roibeard 43547@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Extracted from <a href="http://t.co/AZn42QnY" rel="nofollow">http://t.co/AZn42QnY</a></p> <p>247 cyclists advised (RLJ, pavement cycling, security/safety)</p> <p>152 advised on visibility on MMW</p> <p>69 cycles marked (including 3 of mine!)</p> <p>~100 motorists stopped for inappropriate driving behaviour and other offences</p> <p>6 drivers fined/reported for prosecution</p> <p>3 cars seized</p> <p>Not bad for a week - hopefully the focus/visibility will continue.</p> <p>Robert </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=4126&page=2#post-43546 Tue, 18 Oct 2011 18:08:15 +0000 Arellcat 43546@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><em>There was a foot-constable lurking in the temporarily-one-way-again chunk of Canning Street this morning. There were a couple there earlier in the week who jabbed a taxi-wielder for turning in from Shandwick Place.</em></p> <p>I sometimes use the Shandwick Place &gt; Canning St right turn to get through to the Rutland Square path over the West Approach Road, and I came across those No Entry signs this evening. I mean, <em>why</em>? :-/ I know CEC has a bee in its bonnet about rat runs but this is a bit ridiculous. I did wonder why there isn't a policy to install the 'Except Cycles' sign more often.</p> <p>Next time I'll just take the Torphichen St &gt; Dewar Place route instead, and hold up all the traffic until I get past the EICC. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=4126&page=2#post-43482 Tue, 18 Oct 2011 09:29:37 +0000 chdot 43482@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"<br /> @LBP_Police: </p> <p>LBP - Cycle Safety Campaign a Success, joint initiative to promote road safety...read more  <a href="http://t.co/AZn42QnY" rel="nofollow">http://t.co/AZn42QnY</a> </p> <p>Original Tweet: <a href="http://twitter.com/LBP_Police/status/126207568270991360" rel="nofollow">http://twitter.com/LBP_Police/status/126207568270991360</a> </p> <p>" </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=4126&page=2#post-43380 Sun, 16 Oct 2011 21:37:09 +0000 DaveC 43380@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>There is a sign maker in Polmont who can make up those 'EXCEPT CYCLES' signs. place one on your cut through and wink at the police when they stop you on there next time. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=4126&page=2#post-43217 Fri, 14 Oct 2011 09:07:49 +0000 chdot 43217@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><center><img src="http://www.bikehub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/except-cycles.jpg"></center></p> <p>"DfT allows councils to make signage and roads more cycle-friendly"</p> <p><a href="http://www.bikehub.co.uk/news/bike-to-work/dft-allows-councils-to-make-signage-and-roads-more-cycle-friendly" rel="nofollow">http://www.bikehub.co.uk/news/bike-to-work/dft-allows-councils-to-make-signage-and-roads-more-cycle-friendly</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=4126&page=2#post-43216 Fri, 14 Oct 2011 08:45:32 +0000 Dave 43216@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I narrowly avoided being plucked by a police cyclist yesterday morning, when I realised that my newly-discovered cut through at Picardy Place rb is actually one way the other way!</p> <p>Luckily, I discovered this by spotting the cunningly concealed no entry sign, and so I was walking past the police when I spotted him, not riding...</p> <p>Unfortunate, as it's very wide, quiet, and can avoid a serious amount of traffic surfing if it's very busy. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=4126&page=2#post-43209 Thu, 13 Oct 2011 19:46:57 +0000 1lesscar 43209@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Did he have a white hat?</p> <p>I spoke to a nice traffic cop (he had a white cap and big volvo), the traffic department are working alongside the bicycle cops in their efforts. I liked what he was saying. It sounds like a very positive direction the police are heading in. Lets hope its not a one week wonder. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=4126&page=2#post-43206 Thu, 13 Oct 2011 16:59:05 +0000 wingpig 43206@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>There was a foot-constable lurking in the temporarily-one-way-again chunk of Canning Street this morning. There were a couple there earlier in the week who jabbed a taxi-wielder for turning in from Shandwick Place. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=4126&page=2#post-43204 Thu, 13 Oct 2011 16:37:47 +0000 mgj 43204@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>If they were at Shandwick Pl/Haymarket this morning that may have been because Mr McAskill was giving a speach to the Justice Leaders Network at CoSLA. Lots of senior police around. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=4126&page=2#post-43184 Thu, 13 Oct 2011 13:53:20 +0000 spytefear 43184@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>See above mentioned in the thread <a href="http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=4151&amp;replies=1#post-43183">A Better Way To Work - October 2011 newsletter</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=4126#post-43180 Thu, 13 Oct 2011 13:50:00 +0000 SRD 43180@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"slap-bands" -- in our house these are known as best ever baby and toddler toys! </p>