The British Transport Police will not investigate many categories of bicycle theft, the BBC learns.

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?

  • queermunist she/her@lemmy.ml
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    3 days ago

    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.

    • PowerCrazy@lemmy.mlEnglish
      3·
      3 days ago

      According to the article, BTP won’t investigate Car theft for cars being left more then 2hours.

      Any bikes stolen worth less than £200 will not be investigated, neither will car thefts if the vehicle has been left for more than two hours.