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I was cycling up Wyndham road about half an hour ago, going towards Camberwell New Road. As I was going past a tower block on my left a gang of about four "youths" jumped out from behind a stairwell and chucked something that looked like an old style computer monitor or a crate with bottles in it or something at me. Luckily it fell short, although it did hit me on the foot, and it smashed on the road next to me.
I was going to call the police but wasn't sure I should be calling 999 for something like this, but I didn't want them to chuck it at a car or another bike or whatever. In fact it was only afterwards that I thought how bad it could have been.
To be honest, I don't get it at all. Who the fuck thinks "I know what, let's go chuck monitors at cyclists"? :mad: Little brain dead twats. :mad:
same people who throw lumps of concrete off motorway bridges for fun.
its disgusting behaviour
sorry, I seem to have missed off the actual question I wanted to ask.
do you think I should have called 999?
or is there another number I should have called? :confused:
yes i think you should ahve reported it if it looked like they were going to continue to potentially cause accidents.
although you could have rung 020 7326 1212 which (i think) is the number for brixton police station.
Not having the number for Brixton nick on me, I would have called 999, considering how dangerous their behaviour is. Although hindsight is a wonderful thing.
phildwyer
07-09-2006, 21:42
I don't think it was worth calling the police over this relatively trivial incident.
I don't think it was worth calling the police over this relatively trivial incident.
yeah, whatever. :rolleyes:
it wasn't a flat screen, phil. :)
Chucking a very heavy object at a moving cyclist is not trivial in my book, and I think the police would agree there.
if you want something to compare it to i once rang 999 because there was an angry iguana in the middle of the road :D
phildwyer
07-09-2006, 21:47
yeah, whatever. :rolleyes:
it wasn't a flat screen, phil. :)
Why'd you ask if you don't want our opinion?
phildwyer
07-09-2006, 21:48
if you want something to compare it to i once rang 999 because there was an angry iguana in the middle of the road :D
Now that's a bit more bloody like it.
Not having the number for Brixton nick on me, I would have called 999, considering how dangerous their behaviour is. Although hindsight is a wonderful thing.
I did debate it. Mainly cos I was worried about them going into the road, picking it up and then chucking it at the next person coming along and possibly getting their aim a bit better.
Plus if I had swerved and there had been a car next to me etc etc
Plus I would have liked to have seen their face when plod turned up. :D
But I felt too stupid to call 999.
Mrs Magpie
07-09-2006, 23:16
if you want something to compare it to i once rang 999 because there was an angry iguana in the middle of the road :D
http://icsouthlondon.icnetwork.co.uk/0100news/0200southlondonheadlines/tm_objectid=12809975%26method=full%26siteid=50100-name_page.html
I don't think it was worth calling the police over this relatively trivial incident.Unless, of course, the next object they had lined up managed to hit someone on the head and killed them.
Or the cyclist had to swerve to avoid the object and then got hit by a car.
Still too 'trivial' for you, Phil?
sorry, I seem to have missed off the actual question I wanted to ask.
do you think I should have called 999?
or is there another number I should have called? :confused:
There's a new non-emergency police number but I can't remember what is and it only works in places...
Brixton (HQ) 367 Brixton Road, Brixton, London, SW9 7DD
24 hours a day - 7 days a week 020 7326 1212
http://www.met.police.uk/contacts/Phonenumbers.htm#lambeth
Mrs Magpie
08-09-2006, 00:48
Easily remembered for those who remember 'Whitehall 1212'
(Scotland Yard)
Anyway, the 999 operators generally take the view that they'd rather you called them for things that won't in fact get a rapid response, than that you didn't call them and they didn't get a chance to decide.
ovaltina
08-09-2006, 06:21
Easily remembered for those who remember 'Whitehall 1212'
(Scotland Yard)
/nerd mode
I think all london police stations have a *** 1212 number
\nerd mode
timothysutton1
08-09-2006, 07:49
Some little ****s stole my bicyle wheel yesterday from outside work, SW2. I phoned the 1212 number and was told that the information would be passed onto the crime desk and someone would get back to me in two days time! Fat lot of good that will do.
These little ****s have also stolen 2 lap tops from neighbouring businesses and broken into a van during the past month. We have even given photographs of them to Brixton police and still they do NOTHING apart from a bit of paper-work.
Do I have faith in the local police? You must be joking!
Donna Ferentes
08-09-2006, 08:14
We have even given photographs of them to Brixton police
I'm just a tad confused and need to check my facts:
How do you know it's them? Did you catch them in the act?
Red Faction
08-09-2006, 08:27
http://icsouthlondon.icnetwork.co.uk/0100news/0200southlondonheadlines/tm_objectid=12809975%26method=full%26siteid=50100-name_page.html
i hope maybe the
london hospital tavern
can house this creature
the iguanas they
used to have there are now dead
and not replaced
:(
poster342002
08-09-2006, 09:15
I don't think it was worth calling the police over this relatively trivial incident.
Is there any sort of incident you would consider merited reporting tot he police? How serious would soemthing have to get before you did so?
timothysutton1
08-09-2006, 09:16
...How do you know it's them?...
This is a small complex of work units with only one entrance. The only reason people for people to be here is to do with the businesses here. The chap who photographed them is a photographer and snapped them as they noseying round the place early in the day. They were bored kids with nothing else to do but cause trouble. Later he discovered his lap top had been taken from the back of his unlocked car. Go figure.
Donna Ferentes
08-09-2006, 09:21
This is a small complex of work units with only one entrance. The only reason people for people to be here is to do with the businesses here. The chap who photographed them is a photographer and snapped them as they noseying round the place early in the day. They were bored kids with nothing else to do but cause trouble. Later he discovered his lap top had been taken from the back of his unlocked car. Go figure.I understand against these youths
You haven't any actual proof?
It may be them - but I'd have thought
It can't possibly go to court
The cops will say the same - on what
You've got, they can't achieve a lot.
tarannau
08-09-2006, 09:30
This is a small complex of work units with only one entrance. The only reason people for people to be here is to do with the businesses here. The chap who photographed them is a photographer and snapped them as they noseying round the place early in the day. They were bored kids with nothing else to do but cause trouble. Later he discovered his lap top had been taken from the back of his unlocked car. Go figure.
Being slightly facetious, are you sure he isn't on an insurance fiddle? This photographer bloke saw kids noseying around his car, so much so that he took photos of them, but then left his laptop on the back of the same car, only unlocked. Did he wrap it up in a bow and leave a card saying 'I am nothing to do with McIntyre Uncovered' on it as well!
Surely you can see that some photos taken earlier in the day don't constitute proof to the police? And equally, this bloke seems a bit of careless prat to say the least.
timothysutton1
08-09-2006, 09:38
...You haven't any actual proof?...they can't achieve a lot.
Are you saying that the police should not be expected to do ANY investigation work? That unless all the evidence is provided by the public crimes should go unpunished?
Those little sods who stole my bicycle wheel would very likely have come back last night to strip the rest to it. Were there any police keeping an eye on things? NO!
We have phoned the police numerous times hightlighting our current mini crime wave. Has anyone come down to see us? NO!
My father was in the met police and he said they were a lazy bunch of w***ers. This constant excuse of too much paper-work is wearing thin; ask yourself, where would you rather be, on the beat in the rain, or back at the station with your mates and a warm cup of tea?
Donna Ferentes
08-09-2006, 09:49
Those little sods who stole my bicycle wheel would very likely have come back last night to strip the rest to it. Were there any police keeping an eye on things? NO!And do they have a man spare, pray,
To watch your back door every day?
Red Faction
08-09-2006, 10:02
And do they have a man spare, pray,
To watch your back door every day?
a while back i heard
leaving front doors open was
safe. bollocks for sure.
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