Quote this week from various newspapers here in UK
Bicycle thefts fell at Newcastle University after researchers put up posters of a pair of eyes above bike racks. The image prompted a 62% drop in thefts at racks displaying it - although 63% more bikes were taken from those without a poster.
Daniel Nettle, professor of behavioural science at the University said, " One strong possibility is that the image of the eyes work by making people feel they re being watched. We care what other people think about us and as a result we behave better when we think we are being observed."
This interested me greatly. So while parking my bike at the local supermarket yesterday I tied a note onto the handle bars which read, " This bike is being watched."
I made my usual security arrangements with x2 locks.
When i returned from shopping someone had pulled off the note.
