October 14, 2005
Bicycle registration service
Transport for London has teamed up with the Metropolitan Police and City of London Police toinclude the registration of bicycles on the Immobilise website, a register that has demonstrated success in tackling mobile phone crime in the last year. [via bikebiz]
"The register is a system that allows the police to identify the owner of registered items of property. In addition, members of the public can flag any registered item as lost or stolen and this then appears on any police search.
...Peter Hendy, MD of surface transport at TfL, said: "Having a bicycle stolen is a horrible experience. This is compounded by so few bikes ever making it back to their owners. By registering their bicycles owners have a fighting chance of getting them back."
To help take the risk out of buying pre-owned bicycles, cyclists and traders in used bikes will be able to check if the bike they intend to buy has been registered as lost or stolen on the register by visiting http://www.checkmend.org
Checks can be carried out via SMS. Trade sellers of pre-owned bikes who wish to check large volumes of bikes on a regular basis can register as 'trade users' of the Checkmend service"
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