are you still cycling if...

[bonj2]

So what if you are walking but you keep touching the pedal of your bike with your foot?

 

[simonali]

Crank vs Brooks. Very apt!

 

[hubgearfreak]

So what if you are walking
but you keep touching the pedal of your bike with your foot?

then you'll be walking

 

[Twenty Inch]

Is there not an allowance made for people to cycle for short distances on the pavement if the traffic is too dangerous? SOmeone posted something to that effect recently.

 

[summerdays]

It was Paul Boateng who said:

"The introduction of the fixed penalty is not aimed at responsible cyclists who sometimes feel obliged to use the pavement out of fear of traffic and who show consideration to other pavement users when doing so. Chief police officers, who are responsible for enforcement, acknowledge that many cyclists, particularly children and young people, are afraid to cycle on the road, sensitivity and careful use of police discretion is required."

Taken from http://www.bikeforall.net/content/cycling_and_the_law.php which covers various points about cylcing and the law.

 

[bonj2]

then you'll be walking

so what if you are walking but touching the pedal of your bike for exactly 49% of the time, are you still classed as a pedestrian?

 

[Hover Fly]

A friend of mine was fined £2.50 for scooting his bike on the pavement, in 1978.

 

[hubgearfreak]

so what if you are walking
but touching the pedal of your bike for exactly 49% of the time, are you still classed as a pedestrian?

then you're walking

read the link bonj, anyone with 14 or so brain cells can see what the judge has decided, and in my limited knowledge of the law, i think that once it's been interpreted, that's final

 

[bonj2]

then you're walking

read the link bonj, anyone with 14 or so brain cells can see what the judge has decided, and in my limited knowledge of the law, i think that once it's been interpreted, that's final

51%?
99%?
We've established that you can still be classed as walking even though you're touching the pedal with one foot. OK. So, how often does your foot have to touch the floor for it to be offically classed as walking?

 

[hubgearfreak]

i don't really know if you're stupid, or deliberately obtuse. i suspect the latter.

look at the definition of walking (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walking)

 

[Arch]

If you are going less than 5 mph you are technically a pedestrian, as you might as well be. That's the rule.

Please note, this is a rule IN BONJ'S HEAD. It isn't, as far as I know, a real law. But bonj sometimes doesn't get the difference....

Frankly, myself, if I had to think about as fine a point as whether scooting was riding, I'd just walk and have done with it.

 

[ChrisKH]

What are these fixed penalty notices being issued for?

Is there scope for challenging some (in theory) on the basis of the decision in Scotland that cycling is an 'aid to pedestrianism' and as such is really just walking? A bike is not a vehicle like a car or a scooter.