Comments on: West Central Area Committee - September 2008

By: Sophie Grove

Sophie Grove — Sat, 29 Nov 2008 14:03:10 +0000

Thank you for this information on this unreasonable carnage! Have they all gone collectively mad? I shall never vote Lib Dem again!

By: Richard

Richard — Fri, 28 Nov 2008 21:59:21 +0000

The trees on Parkers’ Piece near Park Terrace which this meeting decided to fell to enable: “more consistent planting on that side” have now been removed. I took the below photographs of their removal.

By: Richard

Richard — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 14:39:29 +0000

It has made the national press too:
Police whistle returns after 30 years The Telegraph

Police force to bring back traditional bobby’s whistle to control students The Daily Mail

By: Richard

Richard — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 13:08:32 +0000

The plan for the police to use whistles in the city centre has been covered in the Cambridge Evening News:

The proposal to bring them back was first mooted at Cambridge City Council’s West Central Area committee last month.

I was quoted as saying:

“There is a lot of dangerous and illegal cycling in Cambridge which I would support the police tackling - particularly cycling without lights on busy roads which is a danger to cyclists and drivers.”

This crackdown is focused right in the city centre, whereas I think the biggest danger is those cycling on the main roads without lights.

I think the use of the whistles is great and very British. If the police can keep their fixed penalty notices in their pockets and just issue friendly words of advice and cycle maps to errant cyclists there’s a good chance Cambridgeshire Police will leave a positive impression with those they stop under this scheme.