My lad’s bike was stolen from a train station a few months back. He’d left it there while he was at work. He works for longer than an hour a day, like many others.
This was the BTP’s response, so it’s kind of mad to see that it’s actual policy now.
Really makes you glad to pay the old national insurance and council tax, y’know?
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Okay, but we aren’t going to fix the social safety net. Nothing ever gets fixed. So, since that’s never going to happen, this basically just means cyclists don’t have the same property rights as motorists.
We already have fewer rights than anyone else on the road, now we have fewer rights off the road too.
If they decriminalized car theft then at least it would be fair. This is just a way to ensure cyclists stay second class commuters. We aren’t even people to them, just annoying obstacles for motorists.
According to the article, BTP won’t investigate Car theft for cars being left more then 2hours.
Oh. Well. Hell yeah! That totally flips me around on the issue. 😮💨
All of this is true, but I still have zero sympathy for bike thieves. Go steal memory cards from a supermarket or something, leave other regular folks property alone you fucks.
my father gave me a lesson like this when i was young when my bike was stolen and now i only buy bikes that can be folded up and taken with me everywhere i go.
it’s also bizarre that train conductors/authorities still count it as a regular bike even though it doesn’t take up the same amount of room and a traditional bike.