On 29/11/2018 15:29, whisky-dave wrote:
On Thursday, 29 November 2018 13:37:32 UTC, Paul Welsh wrote:
On 29/11/2018 12:47, Andrew Mawson wrote:
"Mark"* wrote in message news
The Hackney MP tweeted on Tuesday: Knocking people off bikes is
potentially very dangerous.
It shouldnt be legal for anyone.Police are not above the law
.https://www.standard.co.uk/news/crim...-a4001976.html
She'll change her mind when her handbag and iPhone are nicked 
It seems to me that it would be more sensible prevent crime by wireless
tracking of the iPhone rather than knocking a kid off a moped.
But that would only work if the phone was on, all yuo;d have to do was after nicking the phone would be change the PIN (as it;s most likely been taken from the user whiloe it was open) then shut the phone down.
At best yuo;d have the last know location which the person losing the phone usually kn ows where they were. If the thief is on a bike you won;t know where the phone could be especailly as the police are unlikely to turn up for a few hours if not next day.
AIUI the
police are currently reluctant to act even when they are told the exact
location of a stolen phone.
Whilst I understand young police officers like to race around in fast
cars it is very dangerous to allow them to do so. I am more scared of
being killed by a police car than I am being the victim of a moped mugger..
Then you have more problems then don't you.
You are far more likely to have yuor phone taken than being hit by a police car.
If you type in how many in 2017....
July 2017
A total of 28 drivers, passengers and bystanders died during police pursuits in the year up to April
London saw 19,000 scooter attacks in 2017 - up from just 1,053 in 2014.
So which really is the bigger number 28 or 19,000 ? and that's just london
And a fair few of those 28 will have been in/on the vehicles purused by
the police.
Of course the corollary is that if one is in the habit of failing to
stop for the police when riding a stolen moped used in street robberies
then then the odds of being killed by a police car may well exceed the
odds of being the victim of a street robbery
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Robin
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