From Newsgroup: uk.rec.cycling


In todayrCOs rCLnewsrCL the website carries these two items:

1) rCLrCLThe rules apply to everyonerCY: Number of London cyclists fined for jumping red lights more than doubles in a year, as police warn about endangering pedestrians rCLfor sake of saving a few minutesrCY
City of London Police says it issued 1,315 fixed penalty notices to
cyclists between April 2025 and March 2026, an average of around 25 a weekrCL

<https://road.cc/news/number-of-london-cyclists-fined-for-jumping-red-lights-more-than-doubles>

2) rCLrCLZero arrests from 106 hit-and-runs on cyclists in London last year, as cycling campaigners slam rCLcompletely unacceptablerCY figures
London Cycling Campaign concerned arrest figures will encourage other motorists to rCLtry and get away with itrCY, while Cycling UK says rCLfear of being caught is disappearing on our roadsrCYrCL

<https://road.cc/news/zero-arrests-from-106-hit-and-runs-on-cyclists-in-london-last-year-as-cycling-campaigners-slam-completely-unacceptable-figures>
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On 18/04/2026 13:57, Spike wrote:

In todayrCOs rCLnewsrCL the website carries these two items:

1) rCLrCLThe rules apply to everyonerCY: Number of London cyclists fined for jumping red lights more than doubles in a year, as police warn about endangering pedestrians rCLfor sake of saving a few minutesrCY
City of London Police says it issued 1,315 fixed penalty notices to cyclists between April 2025 and March 2026, an average of around 25 a weekrCL

<https://road.cc/news/number-of-london-cyclists-fined-for-jumping-red-lights-more-than-doubles>

2) rCLrCLZero arrests from 106 hit-and-runs on cyclists in London last year, as
cycling campaigners slam rCLcompletely unacceptablerCY figures
London Cycling Campaign concerned arrest figures will encourage other motorists to rCLtry and get away with itrCY, while Cycling UK says rCLfear of being caught is disappearing on our roadsrCYrCL

<https://road.cc/news/zero-arrests-from-106-hit-and-runs-on-cyclists-in-london-last-year-as-cycling-campaigners-slam-completely-unacceptable-figures>

The whole point about hit-and-runs, surely, is that the "runner" cannot
be identified (except in the lucky circumstance where someone has had
the presence of mind to make a note of a registration mark).

Complaining about the non-arrest of someone who cannot be identified is totally pointless and no-one ought to know that better than those doyens
of hit-and-runners - cyclists.
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JNugent <jnugent73@mail.com> wrote:

On 18/04/2026 13:57, Spike wrote:

In todayrCOs rCLnewsrCL the website carries these two items:

1) rCLrCLThe rules apply to everyonerCY: Number of London cyclists fined for >> jumping red lights more than doubles in a year, as police warn about
endangering pedestrians rCLfor sake of saving a few minutesrCY
City of London Police says it issued 1,315 fixed penalty notices to
cyclists between April 2025 and March 2026, an average of around 25 a weekrCL

<https://road.cc/news/number-of-london-cyclists-fined-for-jumping-red-lights-more-than-doubles>

2) rCLrCLZero arrests from 106 hit-and-runs on cyclists in London last year, as
cycling campaigners slam rCLcompletely unacceptablerCY figures
London Cycling Campaign concerned arrest figures will encourage other
motorists to rCLtry and get away with itrCY, while Cycling UK says rCLfear of
being caught is disappearing on our roadsrCYrCL

<https://road.cc/news/zero-arrests-from-106-hit-and-runs-on-cyclists-in-london-last-year-as-cycling-campaigners-slam-completely-unacceptable-figures>

The whole point about hit-and-runs, surely, is that the "runner" cannot
be identified (except in the lucky circumstance where someone has had
the presence of mind to make a note of a registration mark).

Complaining about the non-arrest of someone who cannot be identified is totally pointless and no-one ought to know that better than those doyens
of hit-and-runners - cyclists.

Quite so.

And it doesnrCOt seem to have dawned on road.cc that RLJing by cyclists on
the scale it is just might have something to do with hit-and-runs arising
from vehicle drivers thinking the RLJer was at fault but it isnrCOt worth hanging about just to get blamed, it never being the cyclistsrCO fault for ignoring the law - which is why cyclists tend not to hang about after
colliding with a pedestrian. Sauce for the goose, and all that.
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