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Longsight police get flak for 'millions spent on cycle lanes' tweet

Seem to suggest that pavement cyclist should have been using a cycle lane in an entirely different part of town
by Alex Bowden
Sat, Feb 18, 2017 11:20
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Longsight police have come in for a hammering on Twitter after criticising a cyclist for riding on the pavement despite “millions spent on cycle lanes in Manchester”.

Government guidance is that cyclists may ride on the footway provided they do so considerately, and that police officers need to exercise discretion.

Many were quick to point out that a development such as the segregated cycle lane on Wilmslow Road is all well and good if you actually happen to be heading somewhere it leads to.

Others made comparisons with motorists.

The ‘millions being spent’ element was unsurprisingly a popular theme.

West Midlands Police – famous for its pioneering close-pass initiative – was also invited to comment but clearly felt this wasn’t necessary.

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RLYacht | 7 years ago
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For those of you thinking the image may not have been flipped, google earth has the answer!

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Wolfcastle50 | 7 years ago
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Photo looks like it was a handheld shot given position.

If it was flipped this means the driver took it w with camera in hand. How do we know the vehicle was stationary when photo was taken? The fact it was flipped suggests they are covering this up.

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davel | 7 years ago
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And many twitters mentioned that 1) the image was flipped, making it highly likely that 2) the driver took the picture, making it highly likely that 3) they are a sanctimonious, law-breaking arse of low intelligence.

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Argos74 | 7 years ago
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The vigil and ghost bike installation in memory of Harry Sievey is on Monday night at 6pm at Withington Library.

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congokid | 7 years ago
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Longsight police also flipped the photo - the bike's derailleur as illustrated above is clearly on the wrong side - which suggests that the vehicle driver was also using a phone camera, and someone local later tweeted a photo of the same street as it really looks.

 

 

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DrG82 replied to congokid | 7 years ago
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congokid wrote:

Longsight police also flipped the photo - the bike's derailleur as illustrated above is clearly on the wrong side - which suggests that the vehicle driver was also using a phone camera, and someone local later tweeted a photo of the same street as it really looks

I can see that the photo is flipped but I'm not certain that this indicates that the photo was taken by the driver. To me it looks like the camera is too close to the kerb to be on the driver side. Maybe it was taken by a passenger or maybe it was a fixed camera on the vehicle.

 

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davel replied to DrG82 | 7 years ago
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DrG82 wrote:
congokid wrote:

Longsight police also flipped the photo - the bike's derailleur as illustrated above is clearly on the wrong side - which suggests that the vehicle driver was also using a phone camera, and someone local later tweeted a photo of the same street as it really looks

I can see that the photo is flipped but I'm not certain that this indicates that the photo was taken by the driver. To me it looks like the camera is too close to the kerb to be on the driver side. Maybe it was taken by a passenger or maybe it was a fixed camera on the vehicle.

 

Could be... But why flip it?

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Username replied to DrG82 | 7 years ago
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DrG82 wrote:

I can see that the photo is flipped but I'm not certain that this indicates that the photo was taken by the driver. 

 

 

The photo is taken across the centre of the vehicle's dash - the centre vent is clearly visible.

Once the photo is flipped back the correct way it is obvious it was taken from the right front seat - in a typical UK RHD vehicle, that's the driver.

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wycombewheeler replied to DrG82 | 7 years ago
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DrG82 wrote:
congokid wrote:

Longsight police also flipped the photo - the bike's derailleur as illustrated above is clearly on the wrong side - which suggests that the vehicle driver was also using a phone camera, and someone local later tweeted a photo of the same street as it really looks

I can see that the photo is flipped but I'm not certain that this indicates that the photo was taken by the driver. To me it looks like the camera is too close to the kerb to be on the driver side. Maybe it was taken by a passenger or maybe it was a fixed camera on the vehicle.

 

also no proof the car was moving at the time.

However, why the need to flip the image?

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SingleSpeed replied to wycombewheeler | 7 years ago
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wycombewheeler wrote:
DrG82 wrote:
congokid wrote:

Longsight police also flipped the photo - the bike's derailleur as illustrated above is clearly on the wrong side - which suggests that the vehicle driver was also using a phone camera, and someone local later tweeted a photo of the same street as it really looks

I can see that the photo is flipped but I'm not certain that this indicates that the photo was taken by the driver. To me it looks like the camera is too close to the kerb to be on the driver side. Maybe it was taken by a passenger or maybe it was a fixed camera on the vehicle.

 

also no proof the car was moving at the time.

 

What does that mean? If you are driving that car you shouldn't be on your phone, full stop!

 

 

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wycombewheeler replied to SingleSpeed | 7 years ago
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SingleSpeed wrote:

 

What does that mean? If you are driving that car you shouldn't be on your phone, full stop!

 

 

is he driving or is he parked with the engine off? are must he get out of the car to take a picture even with the engine off?

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Simon E replied to wycombewheeler | 7 years ago
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wycombewheeler wrote:

is he driving or is he parked with the engine off? are must he get out of the car to take a picture even with the engine off?

Parking on double yellow lines? Surely not. Everyone knows that only taxi drivers are allowed to do that!

This is just another ignorant tosspot in a uniform, who probably shares a brain cell with these thickos in Hampshire.

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crazy-legs replied to wycombewheeler | 7 years ago
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wycombewheeler wrote:

also no proof the car was moving at the time.

However, why the need to flip the image?

I doubt it was flipped deliberately. If it was taken in selfie mode the picture is automatically reversed (try it and see, take a picture with some writing or something in it then look at the image).

Could easily have been taken by someone in the car leaning over or using the camera the wrong way round.

Either way it's a fairly petty thing to pull him over and "strongly advise" him for, not like he's hooning it down a street full of shoppers or schoolkids. Longsight is a dreadful place to ride, the roads are like a bombsite in places. Not so much potholes as small craters.

GMP Longsight got enough sarcasm on Twitter for them to hopefully realise their errors. A day later they posted a picture of a car embedded in a brick wall and got a string of responses all about if the driver was "strongly advised" and why wasn't the wall wearing hi-viz and stuff. Most amusing.

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