stanley1989 wrote: » Delighted to hear it myself One less cyclist on our roads for another day :-)
Zillah wrote: » Literally never heard that before. Wonderful.
Wishbone Ash wrote: » I saw a female Garda arresting a scrote with 2 bikes a couple of years ago. He began to get a bit challenging while she was waiting for back-up so she cuffed him to both bikes. He looked like a right eejit in the full glare of the public on Talbot Street.
Finbarr Murphy wrote: » In Amsterdam the police just tell you to steal another bike if your bike is stolen. Ha ha
check_six wrote: » I wonder if the plan was to have the thief pulled asunder by angry returning bike owners? I'm not totally advocating a return to gruesome biblical era style executions as punishments, but there is definitely something we can learn from here.
cython wrote: » Maybe we need to reinstate literal pillorying? :pac:
Chuchote wrote: » it's not the thieves who are the main problem, though; it's the people who buy the bikes and the people who sell them on. Cut the bottom out of that market and we'd end bike theft - and save a lot of kids from wasting their lives.
Squeeonline wrote: » It's already illegal to buy stolen goods. I've always bought bikes (even second hand) from shops mainly because they are better maintained, but also because they are less likely to be stolen. Still no guarantee. People are always going to want a "good deal" on a bike as they can get expensive at the higher end. More trap bikes to catch the sh#tbirds who steal them and make any others doubt any bike they feel like stealing. Name and shame them in the press, along with a blacklist so they can't sell to legitimate shops or on Adverts/donedeal easily... Might deter them enough.
Chuchote wrote: » It's illegal, but have you seen the law enforced? Have you seen people prosecuted for buying stolen bikes? Not only have you not, but the fact that bike thieves confidently approach people on the street to buy their swag shows the contempt they hold the possibility in!
the.red.baron wrote: » Why would the bike thieves care about whether buying bikes were illegal or not They are selling them How would you go about enforcing this by the way?
Wishbone Ash wrote: » Bikes are stolen because there is a market for them. If there was no one willing to buy stolen bikes, theft would plummet.
tomasrojo wrote: » Coupled with that, it's one of the few artefacts you can steal AND make an easy get-away on.
Chuchote wrote: » I had a car in which you could take out the stereo and put it in your bag, leaving an empty gap so thieves wouldn't bother. And a big specialised lock to hold the accelerator to the steering wheel.
Chuchote wrote: » I wouldn't go for the stocks, but handcuffing a bike thief to a bike rack with a garda standing beside him for a couple of hours, so that the cyclists who came up to lock their bikes could talk to him about what bike theft means - that might possibly be useful.
Wishbone Ash wrote: » Take car radios as an example. Throughout the 70's and 80's theft of car radios/stereos or whatever was rampant as new cars either didn't have one or they were very basic if fitted. Nowadays all cars have a good system so there's no market for stolen ones.
dermabrasion wrote: » After having 5 bikes stolen during my time in UCD, the thief of number six was unaware he was being followed by a plain clothes Garda. He whipped out a bolt cutter and snapped off my lock and was pounced on by a Garda. This occurred at the former taxi rank in front of the Stephans Green centre. When I came by moments later, a taxi man said the Garda had apprehended a scumbag. I went to Harcourt St, I.D. my bike. The plain clothes Garda insinuated that he'd beaten the crap out of him, as he showed my his personal protection weaponry. I went to make a statement later on that week and learned the Garda had caught the guy again trying to rob bikes. He chased him down into a corner in a car park and gave him another slapping. Finally, I went to court. Scumbag had a list of offences, outstanding warrants and was on a suspended sentence. He didn't show in court and was give 1 yr with 6 months suspended. I have often thought of the summary justice given by the Garda, and the fact that the guy life was likely a complete waste. He could be dead now as I assume he was a junkie. But, I had 5 bike nicked as a student. Given the failure f the judicial system to stop this guy, I can see why the Garda gave him a thumping.
