Police say "no thanks" to cyclist’s vid of driver jumping red light – as TalkSport host makes BS claim that 95% of cyclists do just that; Good Samaritan cyclist; 3 cycling legends in hospital; TdF reaction; awful cycle path + more on the live blog

Sorry- realised too late this is an ancient story

Unfortunately due to evidential reasons our force policy is that we don't accept video footage from members of the public, however, thank you for bringing it to our attention and it is useful for intelligence purposes so I will pass it onto that team to be aware of

This translates to: sod off! we will pay no attention to whatever you send in- I have heard this 'evidential reasons' meaningless tripe from Lancashire. The red light passing offence (1.5 seconds after turning red, no action at all, fobbed off with 'neighbourhood policing team are aware and dealing' 5 months after the immaculately filmed case had been immediately binned) is now going through the police complaints procedure and very likely then onto the PCC. 'Intelligence purposes' and 'pass onto that team' also indicate 'straight in the bin'. We can add Humberside to Lancashire and Essex (at least!) in The Really Duff Forces List.

So inefficient. 1 transfer of 0.01p with a phone number should be enough of a clue to someone who has lost their wallet.

Besides, how's a cyclist supposed to cross an intersection? On the motorbike I often had to cross the line and wave the car forward or no trigger would apply. Didn't bother me, the girls at the speed limit without a ratio change in less than a second if blapped. Yet same with bicycle. At night, gliding silently along, I can't be bothered camping out until a vehicle travels route. Nothing around, go.
I don't think many motorists love heave on as much as the tired cyclist.
Earth has probability of surviving higher than Earths Heave on. Our life host exists, enjoy.

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Cyclist films driver ignoring red light - police not interested

By remarkable coincidence, I read today that Humberside are proposing an operation close pass type thing...

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/england/humberside

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Cycle safety scheme to target motorists driving too close

Motorists in the Humber region who are caught driving too close to cyclists when they overtake are to be stopped by the police as part of a new initiative to improve road safety.

Operation Safe Pass has been launched by Humberside Police and Hull City Council to remind drivers to leave at least 1.5m between their vehicle and the cyclist.

A team of cyclists will use helmet-mounted cameras to catch motorists who get too close for comfort. They will then be pulled over further along the road and spoken to about their driving.

Cyclists are also being asked to stay at least 0.75m from the kerb to make them more visible.

The council said a similar scheme run by West Midlands Police has seen "a noticeable drop in cycle casualties".

On my lunchtime stroll to the supermarket today I noted the following.

86 motorised vehicles

Of which:

1 person using their mobile phone, holding it in front of their face whilst talking

6 others distracted - smoking x 3, eating an apple, drinking a costa, reading paperwork

1 quite clearly speeding in a 30 mph zone

1 parked on double yellow lines

Unknown number: untaxed, uninsured, unlicenced, no MOT, inebriated or unfit through eyesight, medical condition or drugs.

2 cyclists: Doing nothing wrong at all.

Which means that at any one time around 10% of motorists are actually doing something punishable by fine or endorsement whilst 100% of cyclists are law abiding saints*.

* I suspect a larger survey group may be required.

As a regular cyclist in Glasgow, I'm baffled how they won this award. Glasgow has the most disjointed cycling infrastructure you've ever seen. GCC stating they have improved infrastructure to them means painting a bike in a bus lane or sticking up shared use signs on any pavents they can. The very few decent bike lanes in the city last for no more than a minute and then you're merging back in to traffic. That traffic being some of the most aggressive and confrontational towards cyclists I've seen over several years of city centre commuting. 

Personally been knocked down once in the city centre, and again while riding in towards the city due to a complete lack of proper infrastructure. 

Living in Hull, it doesn't surprise me for a second that Humberside Police would take that attitude to anything produced by a cyclist ... this is the police force that, a few years ago, insisted to the local authority that a long established sportive could only run if roads to be closed (when it had never had to have then closed before), and then informed the council that it would not sign off on closing the roads for the event. 

Yeah ... they don't care. 

This is a true story but you probably won't believe it.

Back in the midst of time my grandmother, who I never even met as she died shortly after I born,once went to the Isle of Man on holiday with my father who was a young man at the time. 

Being daft she used to take ALL her cash with her. £2k in the 50s!! She left it on a bench in a shopping bag......and it was STILL THERE when she went back for it a while later and nothing was taken. My old man then made her invest it into a house if she was going to insist she didn't trust banks etc. 

It's about the equivalent of leaving £50k in cash on a bench now. I'd guess nobody would even hand it in, never mind not even touch it. 

Just to comment that not all good Samaritans are good. If you lose your bank cards, cancel them even if someone calls you to say they have your wallet and not to bother. They could just be trying to prevent them from being cancelled so they can use them.

True story.

One of my kids once found a phone case with a phone and bank cards and stuff in it at a motorway service station. I called one of his banks but they weren't bothered - said they'd cancel the card but wouldn't call him on my behalf. I couldn't find him on Facebook and the phone was dead so I couldn't wait for someone to call it. I found a pay slip in the case which had his employer's name on it so I looked them up and ended up calling the MD who was on holiday at the time, but confirmed the guy was an employee and said he'd get in touch with him so I gave him my details. I got a call the next day and it turned out the owner lived fairly close by so he came and picked up the phone and gave me £20 to spend on my kids. All's well that ends well.

One might have thought that people who talk about sport might appreciate the benefits of exercise; other than wagging their tongues obviously.

Like a red like in he'll..
I'm dumb. Without knowledge whether humour or weather true.
Car drivers on fever. Hot in he'll. Decisions to make knowing you're my brother.
Yet you'll cycling. Heave on. Flows a lot better.
Even beginners get a better view such as a view from a blimp of our terrain. A stairway to heave on.
Just a cruiser.
Yet I'm pretty sure that someone flowing with heave on is enjoying life hence would rather share enjoyment.
Must have been a yellow light.
Heave on upon Earth. Cycling is fun and we need our ozone.
BTW I'm knot religious. We eat, we breathe. That's about all I know

I am all for freedom of the press but don't we have a media watchdog that'll fine them for stupid hate speech

I am all for freedom of the press but don't we have a media watchdog that'll fine them for stupid hate speech

Should anyone have wondered what this clown got his MBE for............

'having beaten Steve Davis as part of a feature on the All Sports Show, supposedly taking Davis' roll of honour (including his MBE, OBE, six World Championships and his Mosconi Cup win) with victory. When introducing the following week's All Sports Show, the caption on the screen read 'Andy Goldstein OBE MBE'

Cars pay fa anyway.
If I remember correctly, prime movers single trailers cost loads more in tax road use than cars and multiple combination prime movers are double that.
The full size box trailer of the truck combination adds another tax near equal to a car usage amount yet the half box of a B-double combination costs loads more than the rear trailer. Reasoning including that because of the rapid successive impact by utilizing a bdouble combo the road wear is increased significantly thus the small trailer costs more road tax than the big trailer. Ain't double, ain't quadruple, keep going..
Hence cold temperature car drivers can pretend to understand road tax yet I'll just going carving channels with my tree stumps because my bicycle excessively wears at the surface.

According to Wikipedia:

"Andy Goldstein is a British television presenter and radio broadcaster [who] presented Soccer AM on Saturday mornings, succeeding Tim Lovejoy"

So, he is a poor man's Tim Lovejoy? Is that.... is that even possible?!?!!

Dat Tour route...

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That Goldstein thicky is just being controversial to up his profile.

He presents the 10-1am slot of a sports radio show.. hardly noticeable..  and is known for well not a lot really.