On Sun, Jul 11, 2010 at 9:20 AM, Bob W <p...@web-options.com> wrote: >> > > nothing is going to stop people nicking bikes. Realistically, the police are > never going to prioritise something like this over everything else > clamouring for their attention and budget. Even when they catch someone it's > not that big a crime and however much people may talk about stocks, > pillories and so on the proportionate punishment is never going to be much. >
It can occasionally be a big crime, there was a bike theft case here in Toronto that made international news. Of course it's not everyday the cops catch a guy with a few thousand stolen bikes. -Adam -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.