Police fining cyclists for what?

KevinS said the following on 06/02/2007 09:35:

Quoted message said:

Walking to work this morning, along Aldersgat St near the Barbican in
London, I was amazed to see a policeman on a push bike apparently
fining a cyclist (the cyclist was handing over his credit card so I
assume he was being fined).

There is no way on this earth I would hand over a credit card to anyone
in those circumstances, even if they were dressed as a copper!

--
Paul Boyd
http://www.paul-boyd.co.uk/

KevinS said:

Walking to work this morning, along Aldersgat St near the Barbican in
London, I was amazed to see a policeman on a push bike apparently
fining a cyclist (the cyclist was handing over his credit card so I
assume he was being fined).

I didn't think we had such thing as on-the-spot fines of that nature
in this country. Perhaps he was requesting a form of identification,
or the cyclist was handing over a lost card he had found?

Neil

KevinS said:

Walking to work this morning, along Aldersgat St near the Barbican in
London, I was amazed to see a policeman on a push bike apparently
fining a cyclist (the cyclist was handing over his credit card so I
assume he was being fined).

Is this happening alot? If so what for?

The City of London Police can and do issue "spot fines" (FPNs) for
pavement cycling, RLJ, and cycling without lights,but my understanding
is that "spot" means they're issued on the spot, not that you have to
pay them on the spot - you get 14 days or whatever it is to come up with
the cash.

-dan

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KevinS said:

Hi all,

Walking to work this morning, along Aldersgat St near the Barbican in
London, I was amazed to see a policeman on a push bike apparently
fining a cyclist (the cyclist was handing over his credit card so I
assume he was being fined).

Is this happening alot? If so what for?

happens when a person (such as a cyclist) does something considered
wrong in the city .... doesn't happen when an institution such as a
bank does something in the city a person would be consider wrong

Daniel Barlow said:

The City of London Police can and do issue "spot fines" (FPNs) for
pavement cycling, RLJ, and cycling without lights,but my understanding
is that "spot" means they're issued on the spot, not that you have to
pay them on the spot - you get 14 days or whatever it is to come up with
the cash.

If he was being fined then he could have been using his card to prove
the details he was giving were correct. Can you elect to pay a fine
on the spot? I've heard that police march people to cash machines in
some cases to pay fines but I don't think the police would carry chip
& pin machines with them to take card payments!

peter

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If he was being fined then he could have been using his card to prove
the details he was giving were correct. Can you elect to pay a fine
on the spot? I've heard that police march people to cash machines in
some cases to pay fines but I don't think the police would carry chip
& pin machines with them to take card payments!

They would certainly not have any powers to "march someone to a cash
machine" !

cheers adrian www.boliston.co.uk

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Quoted message said:

If he was being fined then he could have been using his card to prove
the details he was giving were correct. Can you elect to pay a fine
on the spot? I've heard that police march people to cash machines in
some cases to pay fines but I don't think the police would carry chip
& pin machines with them to take card payments!

They would certainly not have any powers to "march someone to a cash
machine" !

That was one of tBlair's madcap schemes.

It was ruled out the moment someone with two brain cells had looked at it.

On 06/02/2007 14:26, Ewan said,

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It was ruled out the moment someone with two brain cells had looked at it.

Presumably not a politician then? :-)

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Paul Boyd
http://www.paul-boyd.co.uk/

KevinS said:

Hi all,

Walking to work this morning, along Aldersgat St near the Barbican in
London, I was amazed to see a policeman on a push bike apparently
fining a cyclist (the cyclist was handing over his credit card so I
assume he was being fined).

IME cops don't carry the machines to collect the money anyway; its usually
at some part of the Magistrates Court where you have to pay off fines if you
are unlucky enough to get one.

Probably just a routine stopcheck..

It is not uncommon for cops to ask for some form of identification and as
most UK citizens don't carry ID cards, they will often inspect other cards
in your wallet - on the presumption that comparatively few people are daft
or brazen enough to produce a blatantly fake or stolen bank card...

Alex

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Mr R@t (2.30zi) said:

Probably just a routine stopcheck..

Can they just do that? I thought that they needed an excuse^W^Wa reason.

--
Don Whybrow

Sequi Bonum Non Time

"No man's life, liberty, or property is safe while the
legislature is in session." (Judge Gideon J. Tucker, 1866.)

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Mr R@t (2.30zi) said:

Probably just a routine stopcheck..

Can they just do that? I thought that they needed an excuse^W^Wa reason.

It's often not hard to find a reason.

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Mr R@t (2.30zi) said:

Probably just a routine stopcheck..

Can they just do that? I thought that they needed an excuse^W^Wa
reason.

It's often not hard to find a reason.

Loitering with intent to use a pedestrian crossing
Wearing a loud-coloured shirt in a built-up area
Having an offensive wife
Etc.
</NTNOCN>

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They came for Dani Behr; I said: "she's over there, behind the
wardrobe".

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Mr R@t (2.30zi) wrote:
>
> Probably just a routine stopcheck..
>

Can they just do that? I thought that they needed an excuse^W^Wa
reason.

It's often not hard to find a reason.

Loitering with intent to use a pedestrian crossing
Wearing a loud-coloured shirt in a built-up area
Having an offensive wife
Etc.
</NTNOCN>

Maybe the police officer was actually a themed prostitute and was charging
for services rendered.
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Mr R@t (2.30zi) wrote:
>
> Probably just a routine stopcheck..
>

Can they just do that? I thought that they needed an excuse^W^Wa
reason.

It's often not hard to find a reason.

Loitering with intent to use a pedestrian crossing
Wearing a loud-coloured shirt in a built-up area
Having an offensive wife
Etc.
</NTNOCN>

I thought of that too. :-)

Don Whybrow said:

Mr R@t (2.30zi) said:

Probably just a routine stopcheck..

Can they just do that? I thought that they needed an excuse^W^Wa reason.

--
Don Whybrow

Sequi Bonum Non Time

"No man's life, liberty, or property is safe while the
legislature is in session." (Judge Gideon J. Tucker, 1866.)

Stop checks are usually conducted on those people who are known to
police or who are acting in a suspicious manner.Stop checks often
lead
to the arrest of a wanted person. At the end of the day the police
have a job to do and yes sometimes it does inconvenience completely
innocent people. There many occasions were the public put their 'oar
in' because they perceive that the police are not acting in a
professional manner or not acting lawfully. Most of these people
don't
have a clue because they simpy don't know all of the circumstances
surrounding a particular incident or know of the powers in which the
police operate. There are a 101 reasons why this cyclist was speaking
with the police officer and no one but the cyclist, the police
officer, God and whoever they choose to speak to about it
will know.

Richie

Richie said the following on 08/02/2007 21:52:

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Stop checks are usually conducted on those people who are known to
police or who are acting in a suspicious manner.Stop checks often
lead

What did the SAS laws from the 1970s immediately spring to mind just then?

Actually, I've just seen that the law still exists, although I suppose
you can't be stopped on suspicion of walking with intent to get to your
destination any more.

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Paul Boyd
http://www.paul-boyd.co.uk/

Paul Boyd usenet.dont.work@plusnet said:

Richie said the following on 08/02/2007 21:52:

Quoted message said:

Stop checks are usually conducted on those people who are known to
police or who are acting in a suspicious manner.Stop checks often
lead

What did the SAS laws from the 1970s immediately spring to mind just then?

Actually, I've just seen that the law still exists, although I suppose
you can't be stopped on suspicion of walking with intent to get to your
destination any more.

--
Paul Boydhttp://www.paul-boyd.co.uk/

There are no real grounds required for a stop check; i.e name, DOB,
address. Police may ask for your details and run them through the
police national computer etc, but unless it's been brought to your
attention that you've committed an offence you are not obliged to
provide any information. In other words you can tell the officer to
'get on his bike', as he has no power in law to detain you. But to be
fair the police don't usually ask for someones details unless they
have good reason to.
A stop search is different. Reasonable grounds are required. A stop
search is used to allay or confirm whether or not an offence has been
committed. For example a person in the street explains to a police
officer that a man sat on a bench across the road has been seen waving
a lock knife around. The man would be searched by the police officer.
If the knife was found it is likely that he would be arrested. If a
knife was not found he would be free to go. The process is designed to
reduce the number of innocent people spending time in police custody
for no apparent reason.

Richie

Richie said:

Paul Boyd usenet.dont.work@plusnet said:

Richie said the following on 08/02/2007 21:52:

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

Stop checks are usually conducted on those people who are known to
police or who are acting in a suspicious manner.Stop checks often
lead

Quoted message said:

What did the SAS laws from the 1970s immediately spring to mind just then?

Quoted message said:

Actually, I've just seen that the law still exists, although I suppose
you can't be stopped on suspicion of walking with intent to get to your
destination any more.

Quoted message said:

--
Paul Boydhttp://www.paul-boyd.co.uk/

There are no real grounds required for a stop check; i.e name, DOB,
address. Police may ask for your details and run them through the
police national computer etc, but unless it's been brought to your
attention that you've committed an offence you are not obliged to
provide any information. In other words you can tell the officer to
'get on his bike', as he has no power in law to detain you. But to be
fair the police don't usually ask for someones details unless they
have good reason to.
A stop search is different. Reasonable grounds are required. A stop
search is used to allay or confirm whether or not an offence has been
committed. For example a person in the street explains to a police
officer that a man sat on a bench across the road has been seen waving
a lock knife around. The man would be searched by the police officer.
If the knife was found it is likely that he would be arrested. If a
knife was not found he would be free to go. The process is designed to
reduce the number of innocent people spending time in police custody
for no apparent reason.

Richie

I was stopped and searched once, walking home at 1am from a job bar-
tenders job. I was dressed in a white shirt and black trousers, in the
summer time, and had a small rucksack with me for my shoes. A Police
car pulled up along side of me as I was looking in a shop window and
asked what was I doing out so late, in the Town Centre. I explained.
They got out of there vehicle and requested to search my bag, and a
pat down of myself. I agreed. They said it was because they'd been
some crime in the area.

Quoted message said:

Richie said:

Paul Boyd usenet.dont.work@plusnet said:

Richie said the following on 08/02/2007 21:52:

Quoted message said:

> Stop checks are usually conducted on those people who are known to
> police or who are acting in a suspicious manner.Stop checks often
> lead

Quoted message said:

What did the SAS laws from the 1970s immediately spring to mind just then?

Quoted message said:

Actually, I've just seen that the law still exists, although I suppose
you can't be stopped on suspicion of walking with intent to get to your
destination any more.

A stop search is different. Reasonable grounds are required.

I was stopped and searched once, walking home at 1am from a job bar-
tenders job. I was dressed in a white shirt and black trousers, in the
summer time, and had a small rucksack with me for my shoes. A Police
car pulled up along side of me as I was looking in a shop window and
asked what was I doing out so late, in the Town Centre. I explained.
They got out of there vehicle and requested to search my bag, and a
pat down of myself. I agreed. They said it was because they'd been
some crime in the area.

It doesn't matter because you agreed but I don't think that that is
a sufficient reason, especially after you had been cooperative and
mentioned why you were walking through town late at night, unless the
crime had been people breaking shop-windows late at night. They should
tell you what exactly they are looking for and why they chose you in
particular as well as their name and station.

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