John Laidlaw
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A friggin laser beam
What about rigging up a stop button, the same as some outboard motors, and wire the clip to your waste. If he clobbers you first with an iron bar or something, you are not going to do much self defence anyway, but if the clip comes away the scroat wont be riding your bike away.
and the next issue,
if you defend yourself Alex, and the scrote is injured, the prosecution could use this thread to send you down.
Taking the law into your own hands, even if there isn't any, might be acceptable in the US but a court here wouldn't sympathise even if we all would.
I have used them a few times too!Video 1 is my local bike dealership! My mates dad used to be the manager of the spares dept!
Whilst that may be true, I would actually not care in the event that I am being attacked. Primary aim at that stage will be to stay alive and reasonably uninjured. I would worry about the repurcusions next.
Christ you lot, you make London sound like Caracas in Venezuela FFS !!
where armed crime is expected, the fewer the incidence of "successful" crime and greater the incidence of "failed" crime.
So your reasoning is sound, AND the law here entitled you to self defence provided reasonable force is used.
This is a good argument. One thing the US statistics show is that the more people go (contemporaneously) armed in an area or region where armed crime is expected, the fewer the incidence of "successful" crime and greater the incidence of "failed" crime. Where that extends to home invasions it's very stark- those who do not actively fight to defend their homes will be executed.
So your reasoning is sound, AND the law here entitled you to self defence provided reasonable force is used.
The statistics between countrioes also show that the more accepted it is that people go (contamporaneously) armed the more violent crime and murders there are. We don't need nor want an arms race with criminals and the odd acid attacker, however horrific, should not change this.
Christ you lot, you make London sound like Caracas in Venezuela FFS !!
Hi all
I spend a lot of time riding around central London on a motorbike.
Recently, incidents of moped thieves causing terror has risen. They ride around unabated due to lack of police resources and get away with whatever they like.
This type of behaviour has steadily risen year on year for the past 5 years, in Great London as well. This scene is now a daily occurence:
I see them personally, every time I ride. Through red lights, up on pavements, etc
More concerning is that, over the past few months they have become more brazen and are now attacking people with weapons (acid, metal bars etc). This includes people on other motorbikes in London whilst waiting at traffic lights etc.
Theft of my bike whilst I am not on it is one thing, but how can I mitigate these forms of attack?
I am fully prepared to protect myself with a weapon, but I cant keep many appreciably sized weapons stashed on the bike (and I don't care what anyone says on the legality of it, if the police arent going to protect/prevent this then I WILL take it into my own hands if it happens to me).