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CS3 tacks (TenInchWheels via Twitter).jpgCyclists on London Cycle Superhighway CS3 repeatedly targeted by tack-spreading saboteurs
The Cable Street section of London’s Cycle Superhighway 3 (CS3) has been targeted by tack-spreading saboteurs for the third time in little over a fortnight.
Earlier this morning, Facebook user Ash McEvoy warned cyclists using the East London cycle lane.
#Cyclists Watch Out: "Cable Street section of the CS3 cycle lane in East London." pic.twitter.com/zaTJ0T0Np3
— DrMorocho (@DrMoroch0) June 6, 2017
When the message was shared by Dr Morocho on Twitter, he received a response from London Dynaslow suggesting that this wasn’t even the first time this had happened this week.
2nd time in a week this has happened. Are @MPSTowerHam aware?
— LondonDynaslow (@LondonDynaslow) June 6, 2017
Furthermore, on May 22 TenInchWheels reported finding tacks in the same location and pointed out that while there were tacks in the cycle lane, they hadn’t extended as far as the adjacent road.
3.15 Picked up tacks deliberately (none on road) scattered on #CS3 outside blue gate fields school, Cable st. Beware. @MPSRTPC @MPSTowerHam pic.twitter.com/LeQE7M1trI
— TenInchWheels (@teninchwheels) May 22, 2017
Alex has written for more cricket publications than the rest of the road.cc team combined. Despite the apparent evidence of this picture, he doesn't especially like cake.
Latest Comments
- brooksby 27 min 1 sec ago
Ireland seems to have a lot of problems with their cycle lanes… Almost as many as England
- SimoninSpalding 42 min 7 sec ago
Agreed but in the HGV sphere at the moment as far as I am aware there are no courses that would cover these issues and as the legislation is...
- Hirsute 45 min 52 sec ago
Specific and limited ways surely ?
- quiff 46 min 45 sec ago
Fair point - I was restricting myself to pedal bikes. As I've never spent that kind of money on anything though (mortgage doesn't count), it's kind...
- brooksby 1 hour 49 min ago
And finally: I wonder how many of the "more than 3,000" signatures on that petition are actually locals, who live or work there (and are not just...
- Doug_D 3 hours 25 min ago
Another book suggestion - I can highly recommend "Lost Summers and Half-Forgotten Afternoons: A Mint Sauce collection" - a beautifully presented...
- chrisonabike 4 hours 37 min ago
But... the last is only not the case with drivers on normal roads because driving on the cycle path / footway / rolling a vehicle up there is seen...
- mdavidford 5 hours 15 min ago
I think you're missing an opportunity to pack even more tech into it - add accelerometers that can detect whether they're pedalling or stepping....
- chrisonabike 5 hours 40 min ago
Thanks. I guess the question is "need". If the road is busy, it sounds like it is a desired route between places? In which case (given this an...
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If ISIS were to claim responsibility, I'm sure the problem would have been stopped immediately!
Those aren't tacks. They're clouts.
I think I use things like those to try and get the waterproofing roofing felt stuff to stay on the side of my shed.
Probably kids sodding about or perhaps modern highwaymen robbing travellers of their gold on the way to the city.
Never mind that it's right opposite a junior school, and kids are notoriously steady on their feet, you'd hope that MPS might pay a tiny bit of attention even if they couldn't give a fook about cyclists.
Also a semi-regular occurrance on the CS7. Except they are thumbtacks...
Is a thumbtack like a drawing pin?
I really question the sanity of the people that do this. Whichever group of traveller this person belongs to (motorist, pedestrian or public transport user), they're shooting themselves in the foot as it will likely push cyclists back onto the road or further clogging up London's already clogged public transport system.
Some of our fellow humans are such lovely creatures.