outlawing road racing would have saved many lives this year
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From: Derek C on 8 Aug 2010 09:14 On Aug 8, 1:57 pm, Nick Finnigan <n...(a)genie.co.uk> wrote: > Ret. wrote: > > > Cheshire police banned such events on Cheshire's roads many years ago - > > because of this type of behaviour. No matter what the cyclists were told > > prior to the race starting - they just ignored it once they got going. > > Under what law ? If you are organising an event of this nature, you have to inform the Police of your intentions. They can refuse permission if they feel that it is going to cause public order problems. It has apparently got much more difficult to get permission to run organised bicycle road races in many parts of the country, due to the sort of behaviour described above. Unfortunately the cyclists and cycle clubs have only got themselves to blame for this. Derek C
From: Derek C on 8 Aug 2010 09:23 On Aug 8, 2:14 pm, Derek C <del.copel...(a)tiscali.co.uk> wrote: > On Aug 8, 1:57 pm, Nick Finnigan <n...(a)genie.co.uk> wrote: > > > Ret. wrote: > > > > Cheshire police banned such events on Cheshire's roads many years ago - > > > because of this type of behaviour. No matter what the cyclists were told > > > prior to the race starting - they just ignored it once they got going.. > > > Under what law ? > > If you are organising an event of this nature, you have to inform the > Police of your intentions. They can refuse permission if they feel > that it is going to cause public order problems. It has apparently got > much more difficult to get permission to run organised bicycle road > races in many parts of the country, due to the sort of behaviour > described above. Unfortunately the cyclists and cycle clubs have only > got themselves to blame for this. > > Derek C P.S. This link relates: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Keep-Racing-on-the-Roads/110888005595054
From: Nick Finnigan on 8 Aug 2010 10:57 Derek C wrote: > information about alternative routes, etc. If it was not a closed road > event, then that was even worse, as competitors are expected to keep > to the laws and rules of the road, and to comply with the highway > code. It probably was a (rolling) closed road event: http://www.richmondgp.co.uk/downloads/RaceManual10.pdf 'Road Use'
From: Nick Finnigan on 8 Aug 2010 10:58 Derek C wrote: > On Aug 8, 2:14 pm, Derek C <del.copel...(a)tiscali.co.uk> wrote: >> On Aug 8, 1:57 pm, Nick Finnigan <n...(a)genie.co.uk> wrote: >> >>> Ret. wrote: >>>> Cheshire police banned such events on Cheshire's roads many years ago - >>>> because of this type of behaviour. No matter what the cyclists were told >>>> prior to the race starting - they just ignored it once they got going.. >>> Under what law ? >> If you are organising an event of this nature, you have to inform the >> Police of your intentions. They can refuse permission if they feel >> that it is going to cause public order problems. Under what law? The police may impose conditions under: http://lvrc.org/documents/road_traffic_act_1960.pdf It has apparently got >> much more difficult to get permission to run organised bicycle road >> races in many parts of the country, due to the sort of behaviour >> described above. Unfortunately the cyclists and cycle clubs have only >> got themselves to blame for this. >> >> Derek C > > P.S. This link relates: > > http://www.facebook.com/pages/Keep-Racing-on-the-Roads/110888005595054 I can't see anything useful there.
From: JNugent on 8 Aug 2010 11:20
Nick Finnigan wrote: > Derek C wrote: >> information about alternative routes, etc. If it was not a closed road >> event, then that was even worse, as competitors are expected to keep >> to the laws and rules of the road, and to comply with the highway >> code. > > It probably was a (rolling) closed road event: > http://www.richmondgp.co.uk/downloads/RaceManual10.pdf 'Road Use' Civilians in private unmarked cars are not authorised to act as police officers for highway matters. Neither are they allowed to drive on the wrong side of the road, drive without due consideration for other road users or otherwise drive dangerously (you know, things like driving straight at other vehicles to force them off the road). You already know this. |