Unlucky Friday 13th for some riders. Strathclyde Police also seemed to be out in numbers on Sunday 15th. Three police vehicles seen between Inverary and Arrochar and a radar trap at Arrochar itself.
It appears that Central Police have a creative jobsworth who has renamed part of the Traffic Unit as a Collision Prevention Unit. How exactly do they prevent random collision incidents ? Apart from these targeted days you raarely see traffic police (just those scamera vans) and it shows in the general poor standard of driving. Perhaps the collision prevention unit should also arrange for some of the potholes to be filled in!
Anyone else notice how the police link a high profile ploce event where speeding is the main target with a follow up statement highlighting biking casualties. The clear inference is that the riders were to blame by not taking sensibnel precautions. No mention of the actual cause of the accidents which could have been entirely due to other vehicles or factor such as poor road surface, weather, etc even where the rider had been 'sensible'.
Maybe I should have posted this in the rant section!
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Twenty offences detected, Friday, 13th April 2007
Twenty offences were detected last Saturday as police targeted motorcyclists.
Sixteen were given conditional offers for speeding and other offences, two had no tax and two were issued with vehicle defect notices.
The day long operation was carried out on the A84/85 in the Callander and Tyndrum area.
Constable Andrew Starkie of the force’s Collision Prevention Unit, said: “We have warned that we are actively patrolling the areas that appeal to motorcyclists and we are doing so. We understand why the roads in our area appeal to motorcyclists. But we want everyone to arrive at their destination safely.”
Last year there were 24 collisions involving bikers – that was nearly double on the year before.
Of the 24 collisions – two were fatal, eight were classified as serious, 11 were slight and three were damage only.
Constable Starkie added: “There were 20 offences detected in one day and that is 20 too many – motorcyclists need to take sensible precautions to look after themselves while on the road as well as other road users.”
It appears that Central Police have a creative jobsworth who has renamed part of the Traffic Unit as a Collision Prevention Unit. How exactly do they prevent random collision incidents ? Apart from these targeted days you raarely see traffic police (just those scamera vans) and it shows in the general poor standard of driving. Perhaps the collision prevention unit should also arrange for some of the potholes to be filled in!
Anyone else notice how the police link a high profile ploce event where speeding is the main target with a follow up statement highlighting biking casualties. The clear inference is that the riders were to blame by not taking sensibnel precautions. No mention of the actual cause of the accidents which could have been entirely due to other vehicles or factor such as poor road surface, weather, etc even where the rider had been 'sensible'.
Maybe I should have posted this in the rant section!
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Twenty offences detected, Friday, 13th April 2007
Twenty offences were detected last Saturday as police targeted motorcyclists.
Sixteen were given conditional offers for speeding and other offences, two had no tax and two were issued with vehicle defect notices.
The day long operation was carried out on the A84/85 in the Callander and Tyndrum area.
Constable Andrew Starkie of the force’s Collision Prevention Unit, said: “We have warned that we are actively patrolling the areas that appeal to motorcyclists and we are doing so. We understand why the roads in our area appeal to motorcyclists. But we want everyone to arrive at their destination safely.”
Last year there were 24 collisions involving bikers – that was nearly double on the year before.
Of the 24 collisions – two were fatal, eight were classified as serious, 11 were slight and three were damage only.
Constable Starkie added: “There were 20 offences detected in one day and that is 20 too many – motorcyclists need to take sensible precautions to look after themselves while on the road as well as other road users.”
