Where your bike is most likely to be stolen (From The Oxford Times)

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When purchasing a lock, ask for a "junkie proof" one. Most locks sold are a useless waste of money.

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Mine got nicked from within the grounds of my property despite it having 2 locks on it worth a total of £70 and being out of sight and under a bike cover. I'd recorded the frame number and photographed it but it's never been found. Luckily insurance has covered it. My advice would be take out proper bike insurance which covers you at your home and away from the home. Buy a lock which is approved on the 'sold secure' rating scheme. If you have a bike worth £500 then spend £100 on the lock. Also buy a magazine or go on a website like Which? to investigate your lock. Most opportunist bike thiefs carry short arm bolt croppers, a small electric screwdriver and maybe some device to lever the lock. They'll drill the lock barrel or just crop it, these cheap cable locks and small D-locks won't stop that. The more equipped thiefs will probably have larger bolt cutters, handheld power tools or even car jack like devices. You need to make sure your lock can withstand this type of theft too.

This is just proof that cyclists are not responsible road users. They can't even be bothered to log the number of their bike. The simple answer is number plates for bikes, they can then be nicked when they break the law, but also be traced when their bike is stolen. best of both worlds, but cyclists will not go for it, as they are above both the law and licensing.

The DfT looked into number plates for bikes but concluded it wasn't cost-effective to set up a national database for millions of bikes as they cause little or no harm, unlike drivers of motor vehicles who kill 1000s annually. This is why the police don't pay the attention we would all like to minor cycle misdemeanours, bcos although the uptight of this world get their knickers in a twist about it, little harm is done beyond annoyance (of jealous drivers).
Licences and number plates for cars does not stop speeding, drink driving, driving while using a mobile or vehicles killing 1000s annually, of course, but they make it easier to track all these serious acts. Uninsured drivers get away with murder, literally, and it costs us all dearly.

T Bones wrote:
The DfT looked into number plates for bikes but concluded it wasn't cost-effective to set up a national database for millions of bikes as they cause little or no harm, unlike drivers of motor vehicles who kill 1000s annually. This is why the police don't pay the attention we would all like to minor cycle misdemeanours, bcos although the uptight of this world get their knickers in a twist about it, little harm is done beyond annoyance (of jealous drivers).
Licences and number plates for cars does not stop speeding, drink driving, driving while using a mobile or vehicles killing 1000s annually, of course, but they make it easier to track all these serious acts. Uninsured drivers get away with murder, literally, and it costs us all dearly.

Very true.
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Number plates for bicycles is only proposed by the naive who think bureaucracy is the answer to life problems. I expect they'd also like see pedestrians carry number plates when they walk down the street.
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You are far more likely to injure other road users when in a car than on a bike. There's plenty of evidence to back this up if you take a second to look for it. Getting people out of car and using other forms of transport is one of the most effective ways to make roads safer.

Floflo wrote:

T Bones wrote:
The DfT looked into number plates for bikes but concluded it wasn't cost-effective to set up a national database for millions of bikes as they cause little or no harm, unlike drivers of motor vehicles who kill 1000s annually. This is why the police don't pay the attention we would all like to minor cycle misdemeanours, bcos although the uptight of this world get their knickers in a twist about it, little harm is done beyond annoyance (of jealous drivers).
Licences and number plates for cars does not stop speeding, drink driving, driving while using a mobile or vehicles killing 1000s annually, of course, but they make it easier to track all these serious acts. Uninsured drivers get away with murder, literally, and it costs us all dearly.

Very true.
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Number plates for bicycles is only proposed by the naive who think bureaucracy is the answer to life problems. I expect they'd also like see pedestrians carry number plates when they walk down the street.
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You are far more likely to injure other road users when in a car than on a bike. There's plenty of evidence to back this up if you take a second to look for it. Getting people out of car and using other forms of transport is one of the most effective ways to make roads safer.

Yawn, turn the record over somebody, PLEEEASE.

Oh dear Peter, but it's you that needs to turn over your narrow-minded little record, the Comments were all perfectly constructive and relevant to the story until you waded in with your petty jibes. I have always chuckled at your comments and marvelled that anyone would have such an empty life/mind that they find the time to log on and spill vitriol day in day out. Keep it up, Peter! A laugh a minute.

Look it’s not theft, just security testing... all working together for the perfection of the nick proof bike.

T Bones wrote:
Oh dear Peter, but it's you that needs to turn over your narrow-minded little record, the Comments were all perfectly constructive and relevant to the story until you waded in with your petty jibes. I have always chuckled at your comments and marvelled that anyone would have such an empty life/mind that they find the time to log on and spill vitriol day in day out. Keep it up, Peter! A laugh a minute.

Bony man it is a load of (Micheal) ballacks, who cares that a few quids worth of bikes get nicked, £millions of cars get nicked and it doesn't even get a mention, cyclists are so sad and self-important that they can't see the real world. It begins and ends with themselves.