Never really had a terrible experience. Most cops don't like me because I'm a local journalist, but I kind of get that. I am always around asking questions they'd be fairly stupid to answer. After one interview a couple of city firefighters got demoted for giving out details they weren't supposed to so now police and fire immediately clam up when they find out someone is a journalist... even when I'm off the clock. A drunk ran into my parked car and while everyone was waiting for the wrecker to get the truck out of my yard I was chatting with one officer, when another came up and said he needed to talk with that officer. The second officer had recognized my name... and now none of the officers would talk at all if I was around. As if I'd even bother with a report on that accident.
Times you were fuzzled over by the police.
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Just hope they don't sell your stuff instead of return it.. police departments have a tendency to do that...tf2godz said:
Police Can Seize And Sell Assets Even When The Owner Broke No Law
http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2014/11/10/363102433/police-can-seize-and-sell-assets-even-when-the-owner-broke-no-law
https://www.propertyroom.com/about-us/company-info
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They make quite a bit of money off the seized property. SO I hope your attorney can get everything back for you before they sell it.
England!DefunctTheory said:
But it only applies to new bikes being sold, it's quite funny because if you spend ?6000 on a super light weight off road beast they have to attach a stupid bell to it, you are perfectly within your rights to remove it and they now attach them (or used to, the rules were such a joke it may have been repealed) with a single screw turn so you can rip it off asap. Our local shop used to give you a fiver off if you removed your bell immediately after sale and threw it in their bell recycling bin (obviously to be attached to the next one).
It's a toss up whether this or invading Iraq was Tony Blair's most stupid move.
http://www.cyclinguk.org/cyclists-library/regulations/safety-regulations
OT - never, UK police are cuddly. It's really embarrassing when folk try to transplant "Black Lives Matter", clear a very relevant US issue, to the UK. Talk about undermining a cause. They other day they were chanting at the police, "hands up, don't shoot". The police of course are completely unarmed...
Yeah, because god forbid you're zooming about on it (roads, landscape) and come across people who are facing away from, its windy/loud traffic so they can't hear your bikes gears/you're freewheeling and you and you need to let them know. I suppose you could shout, as long as your voice is loud enough/not carried away by the wind or you're wearing mouth covering gear...whereas most bike bells are set to a tonal level that can carry through the wind for that VERY PURPOSE!ErrrorWayz said:
I mean, who cares if you hit them because they move unexpectedly, right? On a bike made out of injury causing material, at a speed that can injure.
Sorry, but anyone with a bike who wants to ride it around? Bell, crash hat, lights/reflectors and if I had my way a goddamn licence plate like cars so you can be reported for breaking the rules like drivers. Too many bikers are dangerous/think the rules don't apply to them.
This was roughly 8-10 years ago. I was driving with my cruise control set at the posted 55 mph speed limit. An officer pulled me over and commenced to ticket me for doing 71. I mentioned that I had my cruise set at 55 and he gave me the "Tell it to the judge" line. I wasn't in a position to press the issue further, as I was in possession of contraband. It was some straight-up bullshit. I get pissed off thinking about it to this day.
Uh huh.ErrrorWayz said:
tell that to the old age pensioner that was in the local news recently who got hit by someone on a bike (and she confirmed she didn't hear him coming along the road and the bike had no bell) and she broke her damn arm and leg.
How can you DEFEND that? Metal/Carbon fibre is metal/carbon fibre hitting you at high speed. It can hurt or KILL you if it hits you at the right speed and place. (shakes head) Irresponsible.
Random capital letters and anecdotes now, we are getting serious. 
Seems very unlikely a person who is going so fast they crash into a pensioner would bother to ring a bell, if the were on the pavement that is illegal and nothing to do with bells, if the pensioner was in the road it's their fault. Fully agree cyclists routinely ignore the rules of the road and that's irresponsible but bells add nothing terms of safety.
Seems very unlikely a person who is going so fast they crash into a pensioner would bother to ring a bell, if the were on the pavement that is illegal and nothing to do with bells, if the pensioner was in the road it's their fault. Fully agree cyclists routinely ignore the rules of the road and that's irresponsible but bells add nothing terms of safety.
In Europe it's mandatory. Though it's been mandatory for plenty of countries well before EU regulations. For us Dutch it's been mandatory for 110 years already. (yes, 110, that was not a typoDefunctTheory said:
)a cycle shall:
a) have an efficient brake,
b) be equipped with a bell capable of being heard at a sufficient distance, and carry no other audible warning device, and
c) be equipped with a red reflecting device at the rear, and devices ensuring that the bicycle can show a white or yellow light at the front and a red light at the rear
If a person cannot hear the bicycle or the verbal warning of the rider, then a small bell isn't going to be any more audible.
Im from Canada, and im black, but i never had any problems with the police. still hate them though, i avoid them like the plague. However i do have basic knowledge of my rights, which a lot of people don't so that helps.
So you were out after curfew, intoxicated and people in your group stole, and your collective punishment was having to go back and pay for the items you'd taken?Chaos Isaac said:
I don't think you understand the concept of being fucked over by the cops.
