Police force tells cyclists to remove bikes ahead of Remembrance Sunday

Have we got enough "cars (and the odd tank) in / on War Memorials" for its own thread yet?

Somewhere in CCIB there's a round-up, I did of CCIWM - there's about one a year on average. 

What about that Edward Colston chap?  I've heard he's pretty controversial and didn't he used to hang around monuments?  The police better check he's not out and about giving it some hate (stirring it up and calling people out being apparently the prerogative of the Home Secretary in this country - examples too numerous to mention).

It's ok, Suella will give them a rocket

It always amuses me in Good Morning Vietnam when Captain Haulk takes over Cronauer's show after he's been suspended and Garlick says to him, "I'm begging you, don't try to do comedy sir, it's not in your blood."

Rendel Harris wrote:

It always amuses me in Good Morning Vietnam when Captain Haulk takes over Cronauer's show after he's been suspended and Garlick says to him, "I'm begging you, don't try to do comedy sir, it's not in your blood."

Was there an issue with my thoughtful, cyclist-supporting, reasonable response?

Proof if there ever was any that a leopard can't change it's spots. You are a coward and a bully rendel, and you always will be. 

Whoosh.

Left_is_for_Losers wrote:

Why?

Because nothing can be allowed to stand in the way of remembering those who died so we could live in a police state. If we could harness their spinning in their graves we would have an unlimited source of green energy!

I'd imagine it's more likely to be justified on the grounds of anti-terrorism than additional access? Bicycle bombs were used in the past by the IRA and bikes are still used to plant IEDs in places like Afghanistan; given the state of the world at the moment one can actually understand the police being extra cautious around Remembrance Day ceremonies this year.

That was my assumption, too.  They do this every year.

Same here. There have been signs on Whitehall for years warning people against attaching bikes to railings, which are clearly not (just) about aesthetics. 

And yes car bombs can be used too, but there's no parking in that area either, and I'm sure someone abandoning a car there would be lucky if all that happened was they got towed. And cars leave more clues to ownership. Of course most of these policies were introduced when terrorists were not of the suicidal variety.

I wonder if there are any other vehicles that have been used for terrorism..

Car Delenda Est wrote:

I wonder if there are any other vehicles that have been used for terrorism..

Yes, obviously if they don't ban car parking around the event as well it would be a nonsense but I believe a fair section of the area around Bristol's Cenotaph is closed off and parking suspended for Sunday - perhaps a local would know a definitive answer?

I would argue that the restriction on bikes locked to permanent racks is only defensible if so.

Morgoth985 wrote:

I would argue that the restriction on bikes locked to permanent racks is only defensible if so.

I would entirely agree!

https://www.bristol.gov.uk/residents/streets-travel/road-closures/curren...

David9694 wrote:

https://www.bristol.gov.uk/residents/streets-travel/road-closures/curren...

Cheers, so looks like they're not just picking on cyclists.

Rendel Harris wrote:

I'd imagine it's more likely to be justified on the grounds of anti-terrorism than additional access? Bicycle bombs were used in the past by the IRA and bikes are still used to plant IEDs in places like Afghanistan; given the state of the world at the moment one can actually understand the police being extra cautious around Remembrance Day ceremonies this year.

That makes sense.