"Rob Morley" wrote in message
news:20111112181006.4bfb8b26@bluemoon...
On Sat, 12 Nov 2011 15:48:44 +0000
Simon Weaseltemper wrote:

On 12/11/2011 15:13, Mrcheerful wrote:
http://road.cc/content/news/25728-ca...eration-passer



This is actually quite comical.

"Police in Cambridge issued ten fixed penalty notices last week in a
crackdown against cyclists riding the wrong way up a one-way street
last Thursday, but were unaware that further up the street, a woman
was warning other bike riders of the operation."

"police say that they would have arrested the woman for obstruction
had they known what she was doing."(!)

So, someone is telling cyclists that if they ride up a one-way street
they are liable to get a ticket, and the police want to arrest her.
This sounds totally bizarre. It means stopping someone from
committing an offence, is an offence, because the police cannot issue
a ticket.

Talk about the police having their bubble burst.

Drivers do this all the time when there is a speed trap, drivers
coming the other way flash their lights ferociously as a warning to
others. What a bunch of ******s the police have become.

ISTR it's an offence to warn other road users of a speedtrap/checkpoint
ahead, and reasonably so IMNSHO - it's obstruction of justice by
attempting to prevent the apprehension of a person while committing a
criminal act.

But (in the case of a vehicle that might be speeding) - the observer is
unlikely to be using the suitably calibrated equipment that can determine
whether or not the supposed criminal IS actually speeding....