http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: A sight to warm the heart en Wed, 13 May 2026 03:07:53 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=4131#post-43208 Thu, 13 Oct 2011 18:31:58 +0000 wingpig 43208@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>...and a pavement-cyclist was chased down and instructed on the error of his ways by two bikefuzz on Semple Street this evening. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=4131#post-43186 Thu, 13 Oct 2011 13:59:05 +0000 wingpig 43186@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>The chattier of the two doing the securifying at Torphichen Place station today said they'd nabbed three people this morning including one who 'failed the attitude test' when stopped. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=4131#post-43172 Thu, 13 Oct 2011 13:29:45 +0000 Smudge 43172@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>What was the name of that film.... "Catch me if you can" ;-))</p> <p>Actually cancel that, I know one L&amp;B Policeman who does Triathalons and time trials for fun and could catch me if he was riding a dutch bike and I was on an all carbon TT machine :-/ </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=4131#post-43170 Thu, 13 Oct 2011 13:26:10 +0000 spytefear 43170@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@kaputnik - <em>"it's only fair that we have our own Police force for the specific purposes of hunting us down and throwing the (fixed penalty ticket) book at us."</em></p> <p>Bring<br /> It<br /> On </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=4131#post-43137 Thu, 13 Oct 2011 10:46:22 +0000 Stepdoh 43137@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@kaputnik did you know most of dick barton was all but lost, but for some re-recordings that had been made for broadcast in Australia. </p> <p>Thus enabling it to be played every hour of the Day on BBC R4Ex </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=4131#post-42962 Tue, 11 Oct 2011 13:34:59 +0000 Smudge 42962@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I'm looking forward to seeing one so I can follow them around and watch them ticketing/warning cagers for stopping in the asl... or ask them why not if they don't (less likely) :-&gt; </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=4131#post-42960 Tue, 11 Oct 2011 13:22:51 +0000 kaputnik 42960@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@wingpig well as any Evening Chipwrapper reader will tell you, cyclists are responsible for the vast majority of serious crime around town, so it's only fair that we have our own Police force for the specific purposes of hunting us down and throwing the (fixed penalty ticket) book at us. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=4131#post-42957 Tue, 11 Oct 2011 13:08:28 +0000 DaveC 42957@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I'm sure if they see any crimes in a vehicle they'll make a note of the reg number to follow up on (otherwise the Blue Meanies would only be allowed to ticket illegaly parked mopeds) </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=4131#post-42954 Tue, 11 Oct 2011 12:26:14 +0000 wingpig 42954@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Excellent, though I do worry that the people that witnessed it develop some strange idea that bicycle miscreants my only be caught by bicycleplods, or that it is only bicycle-based crime they're allowed to thwart. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=4131#post-42948 Tue, 11 Oct 2011 11:40:54 +0000 Min 42948@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"excellent. now let's have them also stop some cars doing stoopid things."</p> <p>Haha, good one! </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=4131#post-42934 Tue, 11 Oct 2011 10:20:15 +0000 Wilmington's Cow 42934@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"<em>I was watching one of those last night, boggled eyed in horror</em>"</p> <p>I was watching that as well amir. Astonishing wasn't it. I guess he <em>did</em> at least do her. How on earth her thought processes throught passing a cop car that was already doing 80 so that her son could wave at the driver was a good idea... Then again, it was <strong>14</strong> years since she'd lost her licence and hadn't re-applied for it. Just a bit of an oversight that one.</p> <p>The other lovely moment was the businessman on his phone. In the back of the car the cop tells him he views it as a serious offence, the businessman replies "<em>Well I don't</em>". Hah. Means bog all when the cop has you! Made me laff.</p> <p>As for cope cyclists, probably going to get the bike stamped by the polis at lunchtime on Festival Square, will try to get chatting. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=4131#post-42933 Tue, 11 Oct 2011 10:14:43 +0000 kaputnik 42933@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Possibly Devil's Galop, from "Dick Barton : Special Agent". It's a piece of familiar music often used in cartoon chase scenes. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=4131#post-42931 Tue, 11 Oct 2011 09:59:44 +0000 DaveC 42931@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@ Kaputnik,</p> <p>Neither I'm afraid, and now I can't recall any partuicular program I've seen the music in.... This is really bugging me as my PC at work has no sound so I can't even google it..... </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=4131#post-42930 Tue, 11 Oct 2011 09:57:10 +0000 Smudge 42930@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Maybe L&amp;B's pedalling team need to make a vid of a simulated chase with Danny Mccaskill playing the Police rider, should put people off from running lol</p> <p>(and equal Mr Chan's efforts :-o ) </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=4131#post-42929 Tue, 11 Oct 2011 09:55:49 +0000 amir 42929@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Perhaps they could have one of those fly-on-the-wall documentaries like the many about traffic cops (e.g. Motorway Cops).</p> <p>I was watching one of those last night, boggled eyed in horror. One of the coppers was distraught (self-named stickler) when he couldn't find a way to let an attractive mother off a series of traffic crimes.</p> <p>Firsly she passed him when he was doing eighty (on the motorway). He wanted to let her off because she said her son was to see a police car but then found that she had no licence after losing it for multiple speeding offences. He was still feeling generous so let her off for faulty brake lights. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=4131#post-42926 Tue, 11 Oct 2011 09:49:17 +0000 amir 42926@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dastardly_and_Muttley_in_Their_Flying_Machines" rel="nofollow">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dastardly_and_Muttley_in_Their_Flying_Machines</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=4131#post-42925 Tue, 11 Oct 2011 09:47:29 +0000 kaputnik 42925@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>YES! YES! YES!</p> <p>More of this please.</p> <p>@DaveC - Wacky Races or spinoff Stop the Pigeon? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=4131#post-42924 Tue, 11 Oct 2011 09:38:36 +0000 DaveC 42924@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Great news!!</p> <p>I have visions of the chase to dastardly 1950's chase music from old 'Penelope Pitstop' style films in my head now (but don't know what its called).</p> <p>:-) </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=4131#post-42923 Tue, 11 Oct 2011 09:30:16 +0000 SRD 42923@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>excellent. now let's have them also stop some cars doing stoopid things. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=4131#post-42922 Tue, 11 Oct 2011 09:23:20 +0000 Min 42922@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Sadly not and it was all disappointingly slow motion.<br /> ;-) They obviously don't watch as many Jackie Chan films as I do - Project A has an awesome bike chase! </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=4131#post-42921 Tue, 11 Oct 2011 09:20:02 +0000 Smudge 42921@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Hurrah, go-on the bike Polis!</p> <p>Hope he had his flashy blue LED's and whoo-woo siren, I've not seen a bicycle v bicycle "hot pursuit" :-)) </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=4131#post-42919 Tue, 11 Oct 2011 09:09:17 +0000 Min 42919@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Coming home last night I was stopped at traffic lights at Nicolson Street and it was the green man. The lights changed in favour of West Richmond Street and I watched in fascination as a cyclist coming towards me kept going and through the red light and into the path of the motor vehicles and cyclists just started moving from West Richmond Street. Horns were sounded so I was even more aghast to see yet another cyclist following the first one through! He held up his hand in the universal sign of "its alright I have my hand held up" then I realised it was bike mounted Polis and he was going after the RLJer.</p> <p>[Nelson Munst]Ha Ha[/Nelson Munst] </p>