Also on the live blog this morning: - Reaction to new Specialized road bike spotted at Soudal-QuickStep training camp - Questions asked as council to ban e-bikes on popular path cycling
I did have to double check we hadn't fallen for one of those parody police accounts, the most famous of which is named after Hot Fuzz's Sandford 'crime-fighting' station, but nope, it's the real deal.
Rather predictably the comments are split between people with flags in their Twitter bio commending the officers on their work, and cyclists asking if the response was proportionate to the crime given... well, the sheer extent of similar road offences you'll see if you go for even just a 10-minute spin around town.One reply from EricEatsPickles said it"sounds like a totally disproportionate response. Even drivers who kill & maim don't get rugby tackled to the ground.
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