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50% increase in cyclists prosecuted for cycling on footpaths 2002-2006
http://www.theyworkforyou.com/wrans/...+code%22#g47.5 Number of defendants proceeded against at magistrates' courts for cycling on a pavement, England and Wales 2002-06(l)(2) Year Proceeded against 2002 94 2003 95 2004 118 2005 143 2006 145 Plus an increase in FPNs from 665 to 821 between 1999 and 2000[1]. Yet the same government has been proclaiming a massive increase in the amount of white paint put on footpaths to *encourage* cycling on them. [1] IMHO the FPN data is meaningless without date from more years. |
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50% increase in cyclists prosecuted for cycling on footpaths 2002-2006
On Wed, 07 May 2008 21:10:08 GMT, Martin Dann
said in : 2002 94 2003 95 2004 118 2005 143 2006 145 /me sets up safepavement.org and proves[1] that prosecuting pavement cyclist is responsible for one third of all fatalities (c) Cadbury's Fruit & Nutcase plc, t/a Paul Smith [1] By working back from the answer via some numbers that my stats teacher might recognise as having been involved in some other statistic somewhere at some point, which is of course the approved method for robust statistical inference. Guy -- May contain traces of irony. Contents liable to settle after posting. http://www.chapmancentral.co.uk 85% of helmet statistics are made up, 69% of them at CHS, Puget Sound |
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50% increase in cyclists prosecuted for cycling on footpaths 2002-2006
"Martin Dann" wrote in message ... http://www.theyworkforyou.com/wrans/...+code%22#g47.5 Number of defendants proceeded against at magistrates' courts for cycling on a pavement, England and Wales 2002-06(l)(2) Year Proceeded against 2002 94 2003 95 2004 118 2005 143 2006 145 Plus an increase in FPNs from 665 to 821 between 1999 and 2000[1]. Yet the same government has been proclaiming a massive increase in the amount of white paint put on footpaths to *encourage* cycling on them. [1] IMHO the FPN data is meaningless without date from more years. There's not enough prosecutions of people riding their bikes on footpaths. Bikes belong on the road. |
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50% increase in cyclists prosecuted for cycling on footpaths2002-2006
vernon said the following on 07/05/2008 23:16:
There's not enough prosecutions of people riding their bikes on footpaths. Bikes belong on the road. Yup - absolutely. Yet as Martin pointed out, the government are encouraging pavement cycling by the use of magic paint. -- Paul Boyd http://www.paul-boyd.co.uk/ |
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50% increase in cyclists prosecuted for cycling on footpaths 2002-2006
Martin Dann writtificated
Number of defendants proceeded against at magistrates' courts for cycling on a pavement, England and Wales 2002-06(l)(2) Year 2006 145 Plus an increase in FPNs from 665 to 821 between 1999 and 2000 Yay. I'm slightly surprised at so many going to the magistrates court. Are those 145 idiots that thought the police had got the law wrong, cheeky buggers that hadn't paid the fine or can you get sent straight to to the magistrate? |
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50% increase in cyclists prosecuted for cycling on footpaths2002-2006
Mark T wrote:
Martin Dann writtificated Number of defendants proceeded against at magistrates' courts for cycling on a pavement, England and Wales 2002-06(l)(2) Year 2006 145 Plus an increase in FPNs from 665 to 821 between 1999 and 2000 Yay. I'm slightly surprised at so many going to the magistrates court. Are those 145 idiots that thought the police had got the law wrong, cheeky buggers that hadn't paid the fine or can you get sent straight to to the magistrate? The offence can go straight to court, and as we all know, 145 is remarkably low, given the frequency of that particular practice. Remember that TV a few months ago about the CoL Police enforcing the laws (red lights, one-way streets, footway cycling)? At a guess, I would think we were shown only the most "entertaining" cases - but a couple of them were highly indignant at having been stopped. There was one bike-courier mouthing off at the police for having had the effrontery to challange his behaviour, then he started on the camera crew before being arrested for offensive behaviour. Offhand, I can't remember whether he had ignored a light or cycled on the footway just before being stopped, but I would think that his case is likely to be one of the sort that goes straight to court. He didn't appear to be in any mood to accept and pay a fixed penalty. |
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50% increase in cyclists prosecuted for cycling on footpaths2002-2006
On May 7, 10:10*pm, Martin Dann wrote:
http://www.theyworkforyou.com/wrans/...3&s=%22highway.... Number of defendants proceeded against at magistrates' courts for cycling on a pavement, England and Wales 2002-06(l)(2) Year * * * Proceeded against 2002 * * * 94 2003 * * * 95 2004 * * * 118 2005 * * * 143 2006 * * * 145 Plus an increase in FPNs from 665 to 821 between 1999 and 2000[1]. Long overdue. Calum |
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50% increase in cyclists prosecuted for cycling on footpaths 2002-2006
Quoting vernon :
There's not enough prosecutions of people riding their bikes on footpaths. Bikes belong on the road. They do, but should the police really prioritise this over the large supply of clowns flinging two-ton metal boxes over the country at Warp Nine? -- David Damerell Distortion Field! Today is Second Monday, May. |
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50% increase in cyclists prosecuted for cycling on footpaths 2002-2006
David Damerell writtificated
There's not enough prosecutions of people riding their bikes on footpaths. Bikes belong on the road. They do, but should the police really prioritise this over the large supply of clowns flinging two-ton metal boxes over the country at Warp Nine? No, but then again they wouldn't have to. |
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50% increase in cyclists prosecuted for cycling on footpaths 2002-2006
On Wed, 07 May 2008 21:10:08 GMT, Martin Dann
wrote: http://www.theyworkforyou.com/wrans/...+code%22#g47.5 Number of defendants proceeded against at magistrates' courts for cycling on a pavement, England and Wales 2002-06(l)(2) Year Proceeded against 2002 94 2003 95 2004 118 2005 143 2006 145 Plus an increase in FPNs from 665 to 821 between 1999 and 2000[1]. Yet the same government has been proclaiming a massive increase in the amount of white paint put on footpaths to *encourage* cycling on them. [1] IMHO the FPN data is meaningless without date from more years. Of those 145, how many were innocent? Without knowing that is it as meaningless as reports that a fish was seen in Sozhou (pronounced sue-joe) Creek through Shanghai. Without knowing if the fish was alive or dead it is useless as evidence that the Creek is less polluted. |
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