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Punishment passed, harassed, liquid sprayed. Police? Not interested.

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  • April 9, 2019 at 8:49 am #29520
    srchar

    Just thought I’d post what is becoming my regular rant at the state of policing in this country.

    Riding through Tottenham yesterday, minding my own business, empty road.  Got punishment passed, but didn’t react (this is Tottenham after all).  When there was no reaction, the driver slowed down so I caught them up, drew alongside and begin swerving at me, then wound the passenger window down, shouted “acid!” and squirted what turned out to be water at me.

    He turned off the road into an estate; I continued, then did a U-turn to see if I could spot the car.  I soon found the car and just saw the back of the driver disappearing into a house.  So, I called the police.  I told them what had happened, gave them the VRN, description of car, description of driver and his current location expecting them to say, “excellent sir, we’ll send a unit out right now.”  Instead, I got “sorry, they won’t send anyone” from the dispatcher, and was then transferred to the “digital reporting unit” who weren’t interested in catching the assialant either.

    However, ride at walking pace through a town centre and some officious prat will slap a hundred quid fine on you.

    Honestly, f*ck the useless c*nts who “run” this country.

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  • April 9, 2019 at 10:16 am #939411
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    srchar

    I’m trying HP, I really am.

    I’m trying HP, I really am. Do you know what the earnings threshold is for the police to give a shit?  I imagine in my corner of north London it is terrifyingly high.

    April 9, 2019 at 10:13 am #939409
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    hawkinspeter

    I hope you’re going to make a

    I hope you’re going to make a formal complaint to the police about it. It probably won’t change the outcome, but it’ll show up in their KPIs.

    Alternatively, have you tried being rich? That tends to get the police to respond quickly.

    April 9, 2019 at 10:11 am #939407
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    srchar

    It’s got absolutely fuck all

    It’s got absolutely fuck all to do with one’s political compass, Legs. It happened in a constituency where David Lammy won the seat with over 80% of the vote at the last election.

    The state of the police, however – now that can be entirely blamed on the politicians.  They no longer even pretend to be a force, but they’re not a service either.  They are a giant pension scheme with a political correction surveillance squad attached to it.

    April 9, 2019 at 10:03 am #939405
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    Legs_Eleven_Worcester

    This is part and parcel of

    This is part and parcel of the cultural war on cycling which is being perpetrated in this country.  I know that it’s an unpopular tactic on road.cc to link this to politics, but Brexit is not the only symptom of a massive swing to the right of almost an entire country, which has happened since the mid-seventies.     

    Compare Britain to Umberto Eco’s ‘Fourteen Points’ and it is clear that the UK is a fascist country. 

    From your point of view, you’re fucked because if anything now happens to that vehicle, they’ll have its VRM and will be round your door like a shot.  

    Ah, well.  This afternoon, I shall be on a plane to Copenhagen and my first interview is tomorrow at 9 AM their time.  I hope that the fascist, militaristic shithole that is Britain will soon have two fewer people it can shag.  

    April 9, 2019 at 10:00 am #939403
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    bikeman01

    I think we all know that our

    I think we all know that our police now spend more time justifying their inaction.

    But speak out against it and you’ll get a torrent of they’re doing their best with the cuts they’ve had.

    But I don’t buy it, Thames Valley Police raised their council tax precept by 13.2% this year but I doubt I’ll see more coppers on the street, unless of course I go to a big sporting event or a royal wedding. There’s always plenty there.

    Lets face it sitting on Facebook/Twitter looking for hate crime is easier/safer than getting out on the street and actually tackling the skallys.

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