Fine warning to cyclists witout lights (From The Oxford Times)
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Fine warning to cyclists witout lights
11:20am Wednesday 24th October 2012 in News
OXFORD: Cyclists without lights will be stopped and fined £30 by police in bike checks on Tuesday.
The checks will take place in High Street and Botley Road between 6pm and 9pm. Cyclists can avoid the fine by buying lights within a week.
Comments(21)
Sid Hunt
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11:52am Wed 24 Oct 12
Alternatively, they could purchase said lights and use on cycles before having to be threatened with a fine.
train passenger
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12:06pm Wed 24 Oct 12
Dilligaf2010
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12:16pm Wed 24 Oct 12
Paul0
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12:57pm Wed 24 Oct 12
Mark L.
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1:31pm Wed 24 Oct 12
Dilligaf2010
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2:25pm Wed 24 Oct 12
Paul0 wrote:Now you're just being sensible, on the continent dynamos have been a standard fit on bicycles for as long as I can remember (the first time I was there was 1968 - 1971), I've never understood why it's not the same here.
Perhaps all new bicycles should have built-in lights, with batteries and a backup dynamo. Then the cyclist would not have any reason not to use lights. No-one has a car without lights, do they?
Shaun the Faun
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2:29pm Wed 24 Oct 12
Floflo
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3:15pm Wed 24 Oct 12
Bartsimpson_uk wrote:Better still, why not obey the rules of the road and stick to the speed limits?
What a farce. Can the police please let me know when they are going to set up a speed trap in St Giles again, or let me know which speed cameras are live. Once again, one rule for law breaking cyclists and another for motorists.
davyboy
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6:26pm Wed 24 Oct 12
Carfax Cabby
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8:07pm Wed 24 Oct 12
Christine Hovis
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9:11pm Wed 24 Oct 12
Dilligaf2010 wrote:The Police did tweet about this.
It might've been better if the OM hadn't printed this story
The point is not to alert people that they might get caught, but to remind them that they should follow the rules. That's the best way of sorting this. It's not fear of the police that should be driving our behaviour, but the understanding that it's not safe.
AJcyclist
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8:49am Thu 25 Oct 12
Carfax Cabby wrote:As both a cyclist and a driver, I can only sympathize with Carfax Cabby. However, not all cyclists behave as stupidly as this, and those of us who are well mannered wish the others didn't. With regard to the lights, prevention is indeed better than cure and if the story encourages some people to get 'lit up' then that's a good thing. Many cyclists won't see it, and the law breakers will still be cycling around without lights so that the police can catch them!
Floflo you missed the point once again, Bart was asking why the police do not give advance warning of speed traps, not that he wants to speed. But as you started on about rules of the road, I spend 70 hours a week on the roads of Oxford, and once of twice a day I have a car pull straight out of a side road, or go over a red light forcing me to take evasive action, and once in a blue moon have one driving at me the wrong way down a one way street, but as for cyclists, the figure is at least 50-100 times a day for the above three offences. So maybe you are aiming your weapon at the wrong person in Bart.
Cathena
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10:13am Thu 25 Oct 12
Floflo
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12:41pm Thu 25 Oct 12
Carfax Cabby wrote:Police regularly warn of speed cameras.
Floflo you missed the point once again, Bart was asking why the police do not give advance warning of speed traps, not that he wants to speed. But as you started on about rules of the road, I spend 70 hours a week on the roads of Oxford, and once of twice a day I have a car pull straight out of a side road, or go over a red light forcing me to take evasive action, and once in a blue moon have one driving at me the wrong way down a one way street, but as for cyclists, the figure is at least 50-100 times a day for the above three offences. So maybe you are aiming your weapon at the wrong person in Bart.
Carfax Cabby
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7:41pm Thu 25 Oct 12
12:41pm Thu 25 Oct 12
Carfax Cabby wrote:
Floflo you missed the point once again, Bart was asking why the police do not give advance warning of speed traps, not that he wants to speed. But as you started on about rules of the road, I spend 70 hours a week on the roads of Oxford, and once of twice a day I have a car pull straight out of a side road, or go over a red light forcing me to take evasive action, and once in a blue moon have one driving at me the wrong way down a one way street, but as for cyclists, the figure is at least 50-100 times a day for the above three offences. So maybe you are aiming your weapon at the wrong person in Bart.
Police regularly warn of speed cameras.
Not wishing to get into an argument with you Floflo (i have enough of that from my passengers) but I have never known the police to publish that there will be a speed trap in St Giles at 10am on Tuesday 30th October, or publish a list of which speed cameras are live or which are dummies at any given time, nor have I ever been given the option of getting off scott free from any offence. But that is only to my knowledge, and I am always willing to be put right and to learn. So if you have a link where I can see the time day and place of a speed trap being publicised in Oxford or an instance of a complete amnesty being offered to drivers then I stand to be corrected, and offer my apologies.
OxonExile50
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9:54pm Fri 26 Oct 12
shipscat
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2:05pm Sun 28 Oct 12
davyboy
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5:31pm Sun 28 Oct 12
Carfax Cabby wrote:completely agree with you there. oxfords cyclists in the main are pretty reasonable, but there are those with a death wish, who make it bad for all.
Floflo you missed the point once again, Bart was asking why the police do not give advance warning of speed traps, not that he wants to speed. But as you started on about rules of the road, I spend 70 hours a week on the roads of Oxford, and once of twice a day I have a car pull straight out of a side road, or go over a red light forcing me to take evasive action, and once in a blue moon have one driving at me the wrong way down a one way street, but as for cyclists, the figure is at least 50-100 times a day for the above three offences. So maybe you are aiming your weapon at the wrong person in Bart.
sparky123456
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5:23pm Tue 30 Oct 12
locodogz
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5:29pm Tue 30 Oct 12
Bartsimpson_uk wrote:I drove from Oxford to Southwold this weekend and encountered several notices warning me of the presence of both regular speed cameras and average speed cameras - interestingly I was able to adjust my speed accordingly to avoid falling foul of any of them.
What a farce. Can the police please let me know when they are going to set up a speed trap in St Giles again, or let me know which speed cameras are live. Once again, one rule for law breaking cyclists and another for motorists.
I also believe, if you are stupid enough to get caught speeding, that you may be offered the opportunity to attend a speed awareness course and mitigate part of your penalty?
Bartsimpson_uk says...
11:50am Wed 24 Oct 12