Got stopped today
 

The Police were pulling over every single bike and scooter rider in Haymarket (london) today to check tax and registration. Initially I was a bit annoyed because I was already late for a dentist appointment, though when I thought about it, actually think this is a good idea. Especially if they throw the book at the Gilera riding chav's that terrorize my neighbourhood. I very much doubt they have a license/insurance/tax/all of the above between them. They also steal batteries/mirrors - anything that isn't welded to a bike/scooter. Have always felt my SV was safe being a bike, though last night I saw 2 15/16 year olds riding 2 up on an rs125.

Anyway back to original post - fair play to the police. If you have nothing to hide then what is 5 minutes out of your day. If it helps prevent bike crime then I'm all for it.

Only point i can see here is how many chavs are gonna be travelling into the Haymarket part of town at a time commuters are?

Most are still in bed with an empty bottle of white lightning and some really ugly bird, i'd imagine :lol:

What you mean they don't have jobs either!? :wink:

I mean I hope it's part of an initiative around london in general.

If selling small quantities of low qality drugs to their friends is a job, them most are gainfully employed i'm sure :)

However i do feel that the cops need to be doing this in a more targeted way. But then i guess they'd be described as discriminatory policies :roll:
So we all have to suffer to catch a few morons, but i hope it gets a few unlicensed/ uninsured off the roads.

hmmm - you seem to know a suspicious amount of detail about the lifestyle of these people. Anything you'd care to tell us??

Re: Got stopped today
 

They also tend to check the tyres.

It would be less discriminatory if they stopped all vehicles not just bikes.From personal experience I would be willing to put money on there being a lot more uninsured cars in London than bikes,and a lot more criminals travelling around on four wheels rather than two.
Having said that I do agree that Police on the streets is infinitely better than electronic big brother databases compiling information about how often I sneeze or fart. :lol:

They do passes at different groups of vehicles. One day they will do cars, another day vans, another day lorries and of course, another day its bikes.

Where I work in the docklands seems to be a popular police check point. So far I've seen them do vans, lorries and cars.

Erm.... oh, eh, a friend told me about it honest.
It was like that when i got here.
I dint see a fing, guv 'onest!

etc.