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German police apologise for fining one-armed cyclist for riding his bike with only one arm

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Post by Guest Thu Jul 03, 2014 12:21 am

A one-armed man in Germany has received a full apology and refund from the police after an overzealous officer fined him for cycling using only one arm.
Bogdan Ionescu, a theatre box office worker from Cologne, gets around the usually cycle-friendly city using a modified bicycle that allows him to operate both brakes – one with his foot.
But on 25 March he was pulled over by a police officer who, he says, told him he was breaking the law.
Under German road safety rules, bicycles are required to have to have two handlebar brakes. After a long argument at the roadside, the officer insisted that Mr Ionescu’s bike was not roadworthy and issued him with a €25 (£20) fine.
The incident was investigated by local newspaper the Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger, which discovered that with its modifications the bike was in fact entirely legal.

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/german-police-apologise-for-fining-onearmed-cyclist-for-riding-his-bike-with-only-one-arm-9578923.html


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Post by Guest Thu Jul 03, 2014 12:24 am

Talk about Jobsworth!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Post by eddie Thu Jul 03, 2014 7:38 am

Some people are just stupid.  No 
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Post by gerber Thu Jul 03, 2014 7:45 am

The non arm of the law..................
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Post by Guest Thu Jul 03, 2014 12:01 pm

gerber wrote:The non arm of the law..................


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Post by Guest Thu Jul 03, 2014 12:13 pm

They must have felt daft when they found out he was armless after all.

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Post by Guest Thu Jul 03, 2014 4:07 pm

this is what political correctness gives us

unthinking robots who are devoid of common sense

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Post by Guest Thu Jul 03, 2014 4:14 pm

Nope Smelly, he was probably related to you.

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Post by Guest Thu Jul 03, 2014 4:17 pm

Sassy wrote:Nope Smelly, he was probably related to you.

thought you had me on ignore???

sassy you need to get over your attraction to me

its never going to happen


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Post by eddie Thu Jul 03, 2014 4:49 pm

Sassy wrote:Nope Smelly, he was probably related to you.

One-armed bandit?
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Post by nicko Thu Jul 03, 2014 5:43 pm

lol,
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Post by Guest Thu Jul 03, 2014 9:15 pm

Yeah I saw this yesterday and warned a friend of mine that if he had to go to Germany to not try riding a bike - his response was he wouldn't ride a bike anyway he only has one arm!!

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Post by Guest Thu Jul 03, 2014 9:23 pm

Ahhh...you mean like that idioy cop over here.....

who, some while back ticketed a woman for dangerous driving....for closing her eyes whilst driving

wait for it





she sneezed...

If you DIDNT close your eyes when you sneeze...your eyeballs will pop out... Shocked 

THATS why nature has made it virtually IMPOSSIBLE to sneeze while your eyes are open....

fgs DONT try to do otherwise just to see...

It CAN happen....

And if you are stupid enough to try it dont blame me when you are sat looking UP at your chin from waist height.....

cue didge to tell us otherwise and how he's done it fifty times......


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Post by Guest Thu Jul 03, 2014 9:25 pm

I do hope the cop was told to 'cough' up the money for the ticket lol

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Post by Guest Thu Jul 03, 2014 9:28 pm

I do beleive, in dismissing the case, the judge made some comments wherein "over zealous" and retraining" were mentioned........

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Post by Guest Thu Jul 03, 2014 9:29 pm

cheers 

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