And the Lord said "Thou shalt not gather more than two leather clad blokes in one Harlow"

[UltraWomble]

http://www.visordown.com/motorcycle-news--general-news/harlow-council-takes-out-injunction-targeting-motorcyclists/31299.html

 

Gits.

[Guest Hooli]

Fuck 'em, who goes to Harlow anyway?

[Matt]

Surely any police officer that catches someone breaking existing laws that already cover this nonsense at such an event would deal with them using said existing laws? I can't help but feel that if this injunction was actually applied to and caused someone (especially an otherwise law abiding person in the wrong place at the wrong time) to be jailed would be a FUCKING MASSIVE PR disaster for the local police and court.

[Ghosty]

They should all gather in groups of 2-3 at each road on the border of the town. Nope, can't do anything, not in Harlow sir.

[billyboy406v6]

I suppose the permanent traffic jam/rideout that is the M25 will soon be banned as well ?

[purplebargeken]

What a load of arse about nothing, Harlow is crap anyhow (just speculating based on what the internet says).

[BavarianRetro]

What a waste of Harlow ratepayers' money.

 

Leaving aside the fact that there are surely existing laws covering the possible meeting, as I understand it (any knowledge I may have is old and based on Scots law), an injunction is a civil matter, not a criminal one and the Police have no locus in ensuring that an injunction is not breached.

 

Only the party benefitting from the injunction can ask the court to summon the person alleged to have breached the injunction to court to explain their actions or to find them in contempt of court.

 

So nothing can be done about any breach of the injunction at the time, rendering the injunction absolutely pointless.

[Jim Bell]

Banning things always works.

[steveo3002]

harlow is such a lovley little crime free picturesque hamlet i dont blame them   

[fordperv]

What a piss take, what harm are they actually doing?

[johngarty]

Someone should organise 10.000  bikers to visit the gaff. See how many arrests are made.

[panhard65]

It's Harlow which says it all. I went to college there back in the 80's. It used to make me laugh as upon entering Harlow they had a big sign saying "Welcome to Harlow a nuclear free zone" So it seems that the local council have had many years of practice wasting taxpayers money. From my experience of the place it would of turned out far better if someone had dropped a bomb on it.

[strangeangel]

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listening to their super loud exhausts on a daily basis. Even artics seem to make less sound than some of those bikes.

 

There's nothing I hate more than the sound of an unsilenced vee-twin Massey Ferguson either, but there are already laws for dealing with that sort of thing. This injunction malarkey is yet more Big Brother nonsense.

 

They should crack on and have the ride anyway, I'd like to see the cops try and arrest all of them.

[alf892]

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​Did you miss the part about complaints from residents?

Its a council.......of course they wouldn't invent any complaints would they?

 

Our local band of worthies did this recently when there were suddenly reports of 'dog incidents' in the local park. End result is a fenced off bit where you can let your dog off. Fucking madness.......so you have the same amounts of dogs in a smaller space.

 

Anyway.....rant over.

 

Councils are full or worthies and daily mail readers who like to control........for no 0ther reason then they like to control.

 

Actually quite scary that there are currently plans to give them increased powers...........

[Junkman]

[fordperv]

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​Did you miss the part about complaints from residents? It's easy to say a ton of bikers don't cause any problems so long as you're not the one suffering

 

but when you have dozens of dimwits with custom bikes and non-existant silencers gathering in one place... it's nothing but nuisance and borders on disturbing the peace. People need to sleep and wake up early the next morning to go to work.

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So in that case I'll complain to the council about noisy people driving along the main road where I live, you choose where you live you make the choice no point marding about it after, people need to get a grip, the time you will mostly find bikers having a ride out is in the middle of the day, I'm sorry but is it fair or apt you brand bikers as dimwits? there are a few bikers on here, to be fair bikers are some of the best people you will meet in life, they are on the same level as the kind folk on here

[DSdriver]

Complaining to the council does work, I had a rant at our "too much noise bloke" about the noise of the road sweeper vacuum thingy. I pointed out that there was a decibel limit for vehicles. He tried to wiggle out by saying that was just exhausts but did say that he would pass the complaint on. Low and behold we now have road sweepers that are so quiet you have no idea they are coming until you get sucked up inside.

[castros_bro]

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​Did you miss the part about complaints from residents? It's easy to say a ton of bikers don't cause any problems so long as you're not the one suffering from it, listening to their super loud exhausts on a daily basis. Even artics seem to make less sound than some of those bikes.

 

Some occasional run-of-the-mill touring motorcycle with a normal exhaust shouldn't be an issue to anyone, but when you have dozens of dimwits with custom bikes and non-existant silencers gathering in one place... it's nothing but nuisance and borders on disturbing the peace. People need to sleep and wake up early the next morning to go to work.

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​Can these people not gather in a place that isn't in the centre of a residential area?

 

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Hi,

Did you read the injunction?  It's about motor vehicles and lists such (antisocial activities) as two motor vehicles driving in convoy - so making two wedding cars driving to a wedding in Harlow a "Contempt of Court" and the drivers AND passengers may get a prison sentence.

 

Relax and have a read before ranting.

 

http://www.harlow.gov.uk/sites/harlow/files/documents/files/Injunction%20-%20Persons%20entering%20land%20without%20the%20consent%20of%20Harlow%20Council%20in%20connection%20with%20an%20unauthorised%20ride.pdf

 

However here's my credentials:

 

MOT history of this vehicle

Test date: 13 May 2016

Expiry date: 12 May 2017

Test Result: Pass

Odometer reading: 40,537 miles

MOT test number: 1788 4861 2223

Advisory notice item(s):

Exhaust noisy (7.1.2)

[DeeJay]

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