Wakeboards on a canal near you.

Lincolnshire Police say they're conducting and investigation after a video was posted on-line of a man on a wakeboard being pulled along the flood bank by a Ferrari. The force says it's examining the footage, which was filmed near Boston to establish if any offences have been committed, such as excessive speed and the manner in which the car was driven.

I wonder if we could ask other police forces as well as Lincolnshire Police to monitor the speeds of cyclists along the towpath. To establish if any offences have been committed, such as excessive speed and the manner in which the cycle was being ridden.

You may remember the 'sharing the towpath' consultation where a lot of people highlighted the speed of cyclists when passing. I'm not expecting a sensible blanket speed limit to be set in the outcome of the 'consultation' because most CaRT outcomes never meet expectations. 

It will be ignored, because that could lead to the trust having to monitor the issue and be proactive in dealing with effectively. Wishy washy words will ensure its a simple case of no speed limit - no offence. I suppose it will be left to several coroners giving guidance before anything positive is done.   

I wrote an email to the trust last July asking if someone was available to come and witness the danger that walkers, joggers and boaters were being placed in. I thought it might be of some use to observe the situation and explore what could be done to at least mitigate the risk of speeding cyclists. I had an acknowledgement of my email in the afternoon. Its  a good job I did not stay and await CaRTs arrival - otherwise I would have been in the overstaying on visitor moorings enforcement process.

I reported some vandals breaking into a boat to the police. While chatting with the officers on the towpath outside the boat, there were cyclists whizzing past. One of the officers said it actually feels quite dangerous standing here.  In a matter of moments a police officer had investigated the scale of the problem. Six months later, even after a follow up email about the vandalism of boats - I'm still waiting for the trust to get back to me.

Another boater moored with us engaged a CaRT employee about the problems on the towpath. He was informed by one of the team that CaRT are 'well aware' of the issue. But there was nothing that could be done about it, 'until a serious accident occurs'. It was freely given advice to the boater and would also be presumably be freely given to anyone else who raises the issue. Now that is a pretty awful statement to make.

Remember: CaRT are 'well aware' of the issue. But there was nothing that could be done about it, 'until a serious accident occurs'. Well I for one don't want to be included in that statistic.

See the posting  Towpath Velodrome   for more background.