http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: Guess how many... en Wed, 13 May 2026 04:27:24 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9101#post-94341 Wed, 12 Dec 2012 21:40:09 +0000 chdot 94341@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><img src="http://img.over-blog.com/300x320/3/35/21/58//Hirondelles-20G.jpg"> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9101#post-94302 Wed, 12 Dec 2012 12:24:37 +0000 bdellar 94302@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I've always thought it would make cycling much safer if there were Polis on bikes. Maybe bad drivers would think twice about cutting a cyclist up if there was a good chance it was a police cyclist. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9101#post-94289 Wed, 12 Dec 2012 10:37:27 +0000 cb 94289@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>For thread completeness:</p> <p>"LOTHIAN and Borders Police has built up a fleet of 164 bicycles for officers to carry out patrols, new figures have shown.</p> <p>The number of bikes owned by the force has increased from 158 last year and 138 for the year before that" </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9101#post-94287 Wed, 12 Dec 2012 10:30:46 +0000 Wilmington's Cow 94287@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Torphicen police station certainly has a lot of (police marked) bikes locked up. I can well believe the figure for the whole of L&amp;B is that high. </p> <p>Why we don't see as many cycle cops out on the streets is a good question - also worth wondering how many are actually roadworthy at any one time. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9101#post-94283 Wed, 12 Dec 2012 10:09:07 +0000 HankChief 94283@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I can't believe it is that high. Why would it be increasing year after year when they already have so many?</p> <p>Are we sure it doesn't include cycle2work scheme bikes 'owned' by the employer? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9101#post-94267 Wed, 12 Dec 2012 01:37:00 +0000 Snowy 94267@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I wouldn't have guessed.</p> <p>I saw a pair on patrol round the meadows, once, about 18 months ago.</p> <p>Thought they'd sold them all ! </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9101#post-94240 Tue, 11 Dec 2012 21:34:00 +0000 crowriver 94240@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Whereas in Edinburgh they just cruise in the panda car down the NEPN.....! </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9101#post-94236 Tue, 11 Dec 2012 20:51:18 +0000 fimm 94236@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I think I heard/read somewhere that bikes are quite useful to the police in Livingston where there's a bit of a network of paths away from the roads that would otherwise be difficult to patrol (needed in some of the "rougher" areas...) </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9101#post-94229 Tue, 11 Dec 2012 20:05:09 +0000 Smudge 94229@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I asked a friend "on the inside" about this, and there is at least one beat policeman who is a very competent cyclist but who doesn't sign out and ride a Police bike because of the risk of the local scrotes stealing it! </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9101#post-94225 Tue, 11 Dec 2012 17:57:37 +0000 chdot 94225@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I suppose that's L&amp;B, not just Edinburgh, but even so...</p> <p>When <em>do</em> they ride them?? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9101#post-94218 Tue, 11 Dec 2012 16:36:58 +0000 crowriver 94218@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><em>Where are they patrolling?</em></p> <p>Hordes of coppers on MTBs round Peebles and Innerleithen, 'patrolling' a certain famous biking trail perhaps? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9101#post-94215 Tue, 11 Dec 2012 16:23:41 +0000 tammytroot 94215@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Goodness! They didn't send that many to POP iirc.<br /> I have seen 6 on the canal 1 day in summer. Never seen any on the innocent. Where are they patrolling? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9101#post-94210 Tue, 11 Dec 2012 15:34:12 +0000 bdellar 94210@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>&lt;reads article /&gt; Wow! </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9101#post-94209 Tue, 11 Dec 2012 15:33:29 +0000 bdellar 94209@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Given how many I've seen, I'd guess around ten at the most. Maybe 20, allowing for some redundancy. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9101#post-94208 Tue, 11 Dec 2012 15:32:18 +0000 kaputnik 94208@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I'm not going to grace that article with my online presence, however I assume the comments page is full of the likes of wasting money raised by fleecing "hard pressed" motorists with stealth taxes on speeding and parking fines on bikes </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9101#post-94207 Tue, 11 Dec 2012 15:31:59 +0000 crowriver 94207@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I would never have guessed it was so many. That's a bad case of n+1 they've got there! </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9101#post-94206 Tue, 11 Dec 2012 15:19:55 +0000 cb 94206@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Here's the link.</p> <p><a href="http://www.scotsman.com/news/scottish-news/top-stories/police-cycle-numbers-up-1-2685109">http://www.scotsman.com/news/scottish-news/top-stories/police-cycle-numbers-up-1-2685109</a></p> <p>Have a guess first (not chdot obv.)</p> <p>No prize. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9101#post-94205 Tue, 11 Dec 2012 15:18:10 +0000 chdot 94205@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>About 21 I think</p> <p>Link please </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9101#post-94204 Tue, 11 Dec 2012 15:16:26 +0000 cb 94204@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>...bicycles are in the Lothian and Borders Police fleet.</p> <p>The answer is in an article on the Scotsman site today if you want to cheat. </p>