Police fining cyclist for breaking the law..

[gaz]

Odd. I wonder why the ones me and my mates bought had them then? Anyway it is useful information. Thank you.

How does your reflector attach?

 

[Angelfishsolo]

Thats largely how it is anyway.
A "cycling without due care" law would be better that a myriad of laws some enforced and some not that just serves to bring the law into disrepute.
And as is the case allready with any prosecution any unjust cases would (hopefully) get exposed in court.

Can you back up that statement please?

 

[apollo179]

Can you back up that statement please?

I presume you mean the "Thats largely how it is anyway." statement.
2Loose said "
So if a PC has had a bad day or doesn't like the look of you, then he\she can trouble you in anyway they see fit? "
Thats largely how it is anyway. Insofar as given the present law the police can choose to enforce or not enforce depending on if they are having a bad day. The same case would exist if you had a "cycling without due care" law. This would be the same whatever you did. You cant legislate for somebody having a bad day.

 

[Angelfishsolo]

How does your reflector attach?

See the attached photos

 

[Wankelschrauben]

I saw some utterly rubbish reflectors that bolt onto the bottom of some SPD SL's, utter waste of resources in my opinion.

 

[2Loose]

I find the current system quite satisfactory, except for the lack of enforcement, thankyou.

 

[Angelfishsolo]

I presume you mean the "Thats largely how it is anyway." statement.
2Loose said "
So if a PC has had a bad day or doesn't like the look of you, then he\she can trouble you in anyway they see fit? "
Thats largely how it is anyway. Insofar as given the present law the police can choose to enforce or not enforce depending on if they are having a bad day. The same case would exist if you had a "cycling without due care" law. This would be the same whatever you did. You cant legislate for somebody having a bad day.

I mean what evidence do you have to support your claim that on a bad day a Police Officer will be more likely to stop a cyclist for breaking the Law?

 

[Angelfishsolo]

I find the current system quite satisfactory, except for the lack of enforcement, thankyou.

Ditto.

 

[apollo179]

I mean what evidence do you have to support your claim that on a bad day a Police Officer will be more likely to stop a cyclist for breaking the Law?

Thats not my claim.

 

[Leaway2]

Oh great, so as if we aren't targetted enough already the police have more powers by which they can abuse us, I wonder how long it will be before I am stopped again because a police officer couldn't overtake me without resorting to speeding? Or how long it will be before I am stopped for filtering through traffic because an officer can't do it in his car?

All this will do is give every otehr road user a high horse to sit on as they rant and rave about all the bad things we do to hold them up.

Parliment and the media should be praising us, not harrassing us, we reduce polution and congestion, some of us do this all year round.

Well said.

 

[Angelfishsolo]

Thats not my claim.

That is exactly what you are claiming.

 

[apollo179]

That is exactly what you are claiming.

Can you back up that statement please?

 

[Angelfishsolo]

Can you back up that statement please?

So if a PC has had a bad day or doesn't like the look of you, then he\she can trouble you in anyway they see fit? That is exactly we have laws, so that people (should) know where they stand.

and you say

Thats largely how it is anyway.

 

[gaz]

See the attached photos

You've added a platform to the pedal to get the reflectors. That is not part of the standard pedal and is an extra.
There is no way to mount a reflector officially to a m520 pedal without loosing a cleat holding mechanism.

 

[Angelfishsolo]

You've added a platform to the pedal to get the reflectors. That is not part of the standard pedal and is an extra.
There is no way to mount a reflector officially to a m520 pedal without loosing a cleat holding mechanism.

This is why I described them thus

Most (all?) of these come with plastic clipins but they are hardly ever used.

I did not say they mounted directly on to the pedal.