Serious Police Fail At London Motorbike Crime

[thunderous71]

 

[scooterwuf]

These are part of the collection of A-holes that give 2-wheel riders bad reputations and garner dangerous attitudes towards us.
As sad as it sounds I think only a bad crash, or worse are the only things that may changes their ways.

Hope someone is able to ID these riders.

- Wuf

 

[scooterwuf]

Hope they come up with a counter measure to this.

- Wuf

 

[dandoolittle]

Clearly I'm going to promote this

 

[R-Rated]

Please promote as a wanted type issue and crowd fund a reward for arrest and conviction.

 

[BehindBars]

As if you thought they couldn't sink any lower, you may have seen some little scumbags stole a bike adapted for a one-armed rider. A bike useless to anyone else, and his only way to get out and ride. It was found a day or two ago burnt out, trashed. A GoFundMe has been started to help him get back on 2 wheels, link here: https://www.gofundme.com/help-disabled-rider-replace-bike
https://www.gofundme.com/help-disabled-rider-replace-bike
Fuck the safety of these cretins, police need to earn their pay and sort out this epidemic.

 

[Arctic Pride]

You guys should import some Texans...

 

[BehindBars]

You guys should import some Texans...

You're more than welcome to come over and pitch in but we've got no guns, expensive fuel and crappy weather. Not to mention the scummy cretins that pinch everything that isn't bolted to the floor.

 

[Arctic Pride]

I'm not a Texan. I'm sure pepper spray would go a long way or is that illegal too?

 

[BehindBars]

Yup pepper spray is illegal too

 

[Arctic Pride]

What do the police say you should do? Just let them take your shit?

 

[BehindBars]

All we can do is call them. Our laws make intervening difficult, if the pikeys get hurt they could try and claim it was assault. But an issue becoming more and more common is the fact they work in groups, using power tools to cut locks while the others stand about with hammers, knives etc. to stop anyone intervening. One guy even got acid thrown in his face while trying to stop someones bike getting nicked

 

[thunderous71]

The problem is it is rampant in the UK at the moment, especially London streets. Bikes are far too easy to steal, friends I have have three locks on their bikes now. Two disc locks and one chain that is anchored. But they still get stolen!

For example take a look at this from Instagram.
https://www.instagram.com/bristolbiketaker/

The cops are just not acting on it.

 

[thunderous71]

Also worth noting it is not a priority in any manor to London police they just don't respond to it... for example look at this one...

All the time a guy was on the phone to the police who didn't dispatch and when they heard the bike was dropped they were like ho hum about it. Now if that was a high end sports car my god they are there in moments. Cos they know someone with a high-end sports car is gonna make a lot of trouble about police response times.

 

[scooterwuf]

That’s really regrettable. Any way this kind of footage can be given to the local news outlet to highlight how 2-wheeled riders are preyed upon, and worse, ignored by the police?

- Wuf

 

[HippoDrone]

if you show this to the press and if they use it it will encourage the scrotes so more would try copycat it

 

[scooterwuf]

Maybe part of the story should be shaming the police into doing more, and how a public threat and private property isn’t being protected, or the laws enforced.

- Wuf

 

[Arctic Pride]

Also worth noting it is not a priority in any manor to London police they just don't respond to it... for example look at this one...

That's crazy, what does insurance do? Id imagine with all the thefts they're paying out quite a lot.

Also anyone remember when RJ almost got jacked by the 2 on a scooter?

 

[HippoDrone]

Bike thieves are scum of the earth, this is the shop I got my last 2 bikes from:

and again, same place a few months later:

 

[scooterwuf]

Being in the US my first thought would be someone's going to get hurt, or shot. If one can prove that the police response is inadequate maybe a
neighborhood watch group is needed. In some US cities people sometimes call 911 if a person is suffering a break in, or their car is being stolen,
but they say a woman is being murdered in order to get the cops to arrive quickly. Not sure what the consequences are for doing that in the UK, but
it sounds like things have come down to that.

- Wuf