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  • [Cycling] Cyclists plead for more traffic

    From Spike@21:1/5 to All on Sat Feb 24 10:24:16 2024
    Victims of violent London bikejackings in the area surrounding Regent's
    Park, believed to be the work of violent gangs shipping the high-value
    bicycles to Russia, have urged the Metropolitan Police to station more
    officers at the crime hotspot.

    Two months on from new figures revealing that there are two bikejackings a
    day taking place across London as a whole, cyclists who use the quiet, and
    at some times traffic-free roads of Regent's Park, have recalled even more incidents of violent attacks by criminals targeting high-value bicycles in
    the surrounding area.

    [Full story at the link below]

    <https://road.cc/content/news/cyclists-urge-police-presence-bikejacking-hotspot-306883>

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    Spike

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  • From JNugent@21:1/5 to Spike on Sat Feb 24 12:02:15 2024
    On 24/02/2024 04:24, Spike wrote:

    Victims of violent London bikejackings in the area surrounding Regent's
    Park, believed to be the work of violent gangs shipping the high-value bicycles to Russia, have urged the Metropolitan Police to station more officers at the crime hotspot.

    Two months on from new figures revealing that there are two bikejackings a day taking place across London as a whole, cyclists who use the quiet, and
    at some times traffic-free roads of Regent's Park, have recalled even more incidents of violent attacks by criminals targeting high-value bicycles in the surrounding area.

    [Full story at the link below]

    <https://road.cc/content/news/cyclists-urge-police-presence-bikejacking-hotspot-306883>

    But if I were to drive a car through Regent's Park, *I* would be at risk
    of car-jacking. The same applies in spadefuls to the drivers of Rollers
    and Maseratis (etc).

    Why would I, or why would they want to be in such danger?

    It's not as though we could count on any assistance from the chavs on chav-bikes, is it?

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