[riotgibbon]

so, you can’t  use a mobile whilst driving, but you can carry a cup of coffee?

 

 

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[Dr_Lex]

Point taken (as is Beatnik69

Point taken (as is Beatnik69’s) , but it’s probably a U.S. pic, so single brake lever on LHS.

Would be a bonus feature on a Boris bike.

[Anonymous]

Dr_Lex wrote:

hawkinspeter wrote:

I don’t see a problem with that. Worst case is that the PC drops his coffee or falls off his bike and learns to be a bit more careful in future. Maybe he’s using it as a close-pass test – drivers that spill his coffee get pulled over for a talking to.

 

Perhaps the PDW Bar-ista coffee cup holder would minimise the risk of split-beverage misery?

Coffee holder and no brakes. Seems sensible. Fixed gear doesn’t count as braking either.

[Beatnik69]

Dr_Lex wrote:

hawkinspeter wrote:

I don’t see a problem with that. Worst case is that the PC drops his coffee or falls off his bike and learns to be a bit more careful in future. Maybe he’s using it as a close-pass test – drivers that spill his coffee get pulled over for a talking to.

 

Perhaps the PDW Bar-ista coffee cup holder would minimise the risk of split-beverage misery?

I like the idea of that but the roads round here are far too bumpy so it would need to be mounted on some sort of gimbal style device.

[Dr_Lex]

hawkinspeter wrote:

I don’t see a problem with that. Worst case is that the PC drops his coffee or falls off his bike and learns to be a bit more careful in future. Maybe he’s using it as a close-pass test – drivers that spill his coffee get pulled over for a talking to.

 

Perhaps the PDW Bar-ista coffee cup holder would minimise the risk of split-beverage misery?

[riotgibbon]

 

 

not yet, but I do have this one of 7 men wearing bright orange trousers, one of whom is riding a scooter:

https://www.dropbox.com/s/g8agcasalw8huqn/2016-11-28-orange%20dwarves.mp4?dl=0

I think they’re on their way back to Snow White

[Beatnik69]

Do you have a clip of a

Do you have a clip of a copper on a bike eating a scone. I’d love to see that.

[Ush]

unconstituted wrote:

I kinda like the idea of cops rolling around on bikes having a coffee.

Sort of society I’d like to be able to live in.

Hear hear.  I’d like to see more of this sort of thing.  I hope he enjoyed his coffee.

[riotgibbon]

I think you may be

I think you may be overthinking this clip. Not every cycling video on YouTube has to be evidence of wrong-doing, preparation for prosecution, footage of an altercation, or whatever. I pretty much always have it running when I’m riding so that when my skull is finally ground flat by a passing vehicle and I can only be recognised by dental records, then my loved ones will have the recording of my dying scream to remember me by. If it’s a dodgy manouevre by a works vehicle with contact details on, then I’ll send it in to the firm, and if it’s a close pass that gets too close to my son when we’re out, then I send it to the police (they never take it up though)

 

but sometimes you just see interesting and weird stuff that’s worth recording. The same day I also saw a  bit of confusion at the lights a minute further down the road https://www.dropbox.com/s/iqbgl0wt6zucly2/2017-03-07-WindsorBridgeLights.mp4?dl=0  – which I’ll give to the local council because there’s a risk of an accident, but really isn’t that interesting. I also had a flock of parakeets fly in front of me the other day (which didn’t show up, sadly), but also other various animals:

if you can alliterate as well then all the better- as in “Bamboo bike bing bang bong! ” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZRhzsslWvWU

 

but I really don’t put much work into it – this is as good as I’ve seen it done: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NN8fv-GT40o

 

I take the fact that people are expressing some sort of opinion here that it is mildly interesting to see a copper riding a bike whilst holding a cup of coffee. I 

[fenix]

Whats the point of this clip?
Whats the point of this clip? Are you after a ban on cyclists drinking from water bottles too?

He’s not in control of a tonne of High powered medal. He’s cycling. He’s no significant risk to anyone.

[riotgibbon]

christ, that’s cyborg

christ, that’s cyborg

anyway, as you can see from this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ev0GzYvypnc – I’m clearly not a troll, due to my position on *top* of the bridge, not lurking underneath …

[SingleSpeed]

The next step is this guy…

The next step is this guy…

 

 

[riotgibbon]

do you start as “troll”, then

do you start as “troll”, then work up to “vigilante”?

I don’t know, I was a bit surprised, it’s definitely against rule 66 (both hands on handlebars, don’t carry anything which will affect your balance), and it’s a fairly busy area with foreign tourists wandering around a narrow street with lots of cars parked either side. There’s a good reason for not having a mobile in your hand whilst driving, and I think the same principle applies for hot coffee on a moving bike

but it was pretty slow motion. At least they weren’t on the pavement or going against the one-way, which distinguishes them from half the bikes around here (police included) …

[hawkinspeter]

I don’t see a problem with

I don’t see a problem with that. Worst case is that the PC drops his coffee or falls off his bike and learns to be a bit more careful in future. Maybe he’s using it as a close-pass test – drivers that spill his coffee get pulled over for a talking to.

[tritecommentbot]

I kinda like the idea of cops

I kinda like the idea of cops rolling around on bikes having a coffee.

Sort of society I’d like to be able to live in.

 

[SingleSpeed]

Look at the account, he’s a

Look at the account, he’s a YouTube troll with a GoPro and he’s not afraid to use it.

[Author]

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