The British Transport Police will not investigate many categories of bicycle theft, the BBC learns.

My lad’s bike was stolen from a train station a few months back. He’d left it there while he was at work. He works for longer than an hour a day, like many others.

This was the BTP’s response, so it’s kind of mad to see that it’s actual policy now.

Really makes you glad to pay the old national insurance and council tax, y’know?

    • unwarlikeExtortion@lemmy.ml
      11·
      6 days ago

      Don’t forget the landed gentry’s property rights which are sacrosanct. Us peasants owning actual stuff on the other hand can fuck right off.

  • BozeKnoflook@lemmy.world
    20·
    6 days ago

    Oh hell no. Decriminalize drugs, homelessness, or petty theft from major chain stores with insurance for that crap.

    Now, bicycle theft? That strains my dedication to opposing state violence.

      • queermunist she/her@lemmy.ml
        51·
        6 days ago

        Okay, but we aren’t going to fix the social safety net. Nothing ever gets fixed. So, since that’s never going to happen, this basically just means cyclists don’t have the same property rights as motorists.

        We already have fewer rights than anyone else on the road, now we have fewer rights off the road too.

        If they decriminalized car theft then at least it would be fair. This is just a way to ensure cyclists stay second class commuters. We aren’t even people to them, just annoying obstacles for motorists.

        • PowerCrazy@lemmy.mlEnglish
          3·
          6 days ago

          According to the article, BTP won’t investigate Car theft for cars being left more then 2hours.

          Any bikes stolen worth less than £200 will not be investigated, neither will car thefts if the vehicle has been left for more than two hours.

      • rautapekoni@sopuli.xyz
        2·
        6 days ago

        All of this is true, but I still have zero sympathy for bike thieves. Go steal memory cards from a supermarket or something, leave other regular folks property alone you fucks.

      • eldavi@lemmy.mlEnglish
        2·
        6 days ago

        my father gave me a lesson like this when i was young when my bike was stolen and now i only buy bikes that can be folded up and taken with me everywhere i go.

        it’s also bizarre that train conductors/authorities still count it as a regular bike even though it doesn’t take up the same amount of room and a traditional bike.

  • utopiah@lemmy.ml
    7·
    6 days ago

    Optional registration with a bright visible yellow sticker in Belgium https://mybike.belgium.be/

    Does it work? Who knows but at least signals to anybody who might want to still your bike that you went the extra mile to prevent theft and you will consequently be annoying enough to signal it at stolen wherever you can. Sure it can be removed somehow (Dremel I guess) but it’s extra work that will look very suspicious on a “normal” sale.

    FWIW it’s also free, you just request the sticker on their Website and receive it by mail few days after.