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Posted 12 years ago #
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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.
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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.
Posted 12 years ago # -
Did he have a white hat?
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.
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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!
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...
Unfortunate, as it's very wide, quiet, and can avoid a serious amount of traffic surfing if it's very busy.
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"DfT allows councils to make signage and roads more cycle-friendly"
Posted 12 years ago # -
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.
Posted 12 years ago # -
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@LBP_Police:LBP - Cycle Safety Campaign a Success, joint initiative to promote road safety...read more http://t.co/AZn42QnY
Original Tweet: http://twitter.com/LBP_Police/status/126207568270991360
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Posted 12 years ago # -
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.
I sometimes use the Shandwick Place > 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, why? :-/ 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.
Next time I'll just take the Torphichen St > Dewar Place route instead, and hold up all the traffic until I get past the EICC.
Posted 12 years ago # -
Extracted from http://t.co/AZn42QnY
247 cyclists advised (RLJ, pavement cycling, security/safety)
152 advised on visibility on MMW
69 cycles marked (including 3 of mine!)
~100 motorists stopped for inappropriate driving behaviour and other offences
6 drivers fined/reported for prosecution
3 cars seized
Not bad for a week - hopefully the focus/visibility will continue.
Robert
Posted 12 years ago # -
I mean, why? :-/ I know CEC has a bee in its bonnet about rat runs but this is a bit ridiculous.
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!
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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.
Posted 12 years ago # -
"..CEC has a bee in its bonnet about rat runs.."
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.
The recommended cycle route from the canal south along Craiglockhart Road is a case in point.
Posted 12 years ago # -
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Cycle-safety week - I didn't even know this was happening. But apparently it was and included interventions with drivers and cyclists. Lothian & 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.
"More -
http://drpetermatthews.blogspot.com/2011/10/cycling-in-my-home-city.html
Posted 12 years ago # -
"Is it not a one-way street there???"
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...
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.
Posted 12 years ago # -
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.
Posted 12 years ago # -
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.
That's not good... I mean two things are covered here
He was cycling on a pavement and he missed the incident? I thought they were always in twos...
Posted 12 years ago # -
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."
The cycle path there runs along the pavement parallel to the pedestrian path.
Posted 12 years ago # -
Possibly of interest - the Met have bicycle mounties ("Bike Fuzz") too, and one blogger got to spend a morning with them:
Robert
Posted 12 years ago # -
"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."
Posted 12 years ago # -
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.
Posted 12 years ago # -
" And with the Capital’s ambition to become one of Europe’s most cycle-friendly cities,"......... you whaaaa?????
Posted 12 years ago # -
yes, "ambition" - meaning you think something might be nice, but you know, you can't really be bothered
Posted 12 years ago # -
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:
"... in particular focus on fellow black men breaking the law... there is considerable public demand that it be robustly enforced."
It's great, like having an instant take-me-to-the-18th-century mode.
Probably shouldn't be on by default though!
Posted 12 years ago # -
Dave 'broken link'
This link should work
Posted 12 years ago # -
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.
Posted 12 years ago # -
Bit of thread necromancy here, but thought it would be of interest - the Police's cycling training manual is available for download via an FoI request.
It's Cycling Scotland's "Cycle Patrol" course, which appears to be broader than simply a police resource.
Robert
Posted 11 years ago # -
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?
Posted 11 years ago # -
Sort of - got distracted into the FoI logs when checking about complaints procedure...
Robert
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