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It's started......
waveydavey:
My Reply, I live in the area and I don't ride a bike but I still feel angry.
North Wales Police are well known nationwide (to a certain extent Worldwide) for having a motorist hostile Chief Constable.
Is this the way in which his deputy "Brown noses" to ensure he gets the position?
"Look sir, look at me I can attack them and be a biggot as well".
wing nut:
myself and four of my mates went a ride around wales ,on a route we found in one of the motorcycle magazines ,fortunatley for us we werent speeding ,and we were not in any hurry as we encountered no more than 5 mobile speed cameras and 3 spot checks ,basically checking the size of number plate and exhaust pipe,legallity.I was so disgusted at the blatent targeting of motorcyclists by wales police ,ive never rode my bike there since ,as with all kinds of interests there are always a small element who spoil it for others ,and i think education is better than heavy handed tactics ,i bet the chief plonker has never rode a bike :roll:
Skibum346:
--- Quote from: "wing nut" ---I was so disgusted at the blatent targeting of motorcyclists by wales police ,ive never rode my bike there since
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So their tactics worked...?
laser_jock99:
--- Quote from: "Terminus" ---I used to live in the area he talks about and to some extent he's right about "some" of the motorcyclists who ride there - but then he does clearly say "Most riders are responsible and courteous".
He like many is expressing an opinion (to which not everyone will agree which is fine) and it ends with not a statement but a question "Is it now time to banish motorcycles completely from our National Parks? " At least he's asking people and not telling them!
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If he was refering to curtailing the activity of just a few nuisance bikers then fair enough. But notice how quickly in his mind this turns into "ban ALL bikers".
Just a symtom of the 'we must ban everybody' attitude that seems pervade our society.
I can imagine that this is almost exactly how the seeds of the NERC Bill were sown.....
rangerider:
--- Quote ---Ok, feel free.
You have banished me from spending money with local traders when I bring my landrover down (and with accomodation, food and fuel that was an awful lot of money over a few days every couple of months or so). So as I dont quite spend as much when I come by bike the local shopkeepers wont really notice the difference.
In case you are actually as mindless as many of the anti-whatever-makes-a-good-target-of-opportunuty crowds, the first three words of this note were sarcasm.
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Guess banning motor-vehicles is the only way to keep the smaller local shops financially viable
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