Collared for riding on cycle path

[Matthames]

Just read that a cyclist got arrested for cycling on a cycle path

http://realcycling.blogspot.com/2009/11/making-light-of-pavement-cycling-police.html

Basically this cyclist was riding over the crossing near meadow row and the elephant and castle bypass. Apparently it is part of the route for the new cycle super highways.

 

[Landslide]

 

[Bman]

I read that he wasnt actually arrested, just stopped and his actions questioned by the officer/s. Once they were satisfied that the area where he was cycling was legal, They let him on his way.

Quite frankly I would like the police to stop more cyclists who are breaking the law.

 

[mr_cellophane]

And cycling across the pedestrian crossing is perfectly legal, as it isn't a toucan crossing.

I thought you should get off and push across ped crossings that weren't Tocans.

 

[thomas]

Quite frankly I would like the police to stop more cyclists who are breaking the law.

Sounds like they were clamping down on people who weren't breaking the law though.

 

[Bman]

True, But I dont think they were doing it out of spite. Just that they thought he was breaking the law. (I hope! )

 

[marinyork]

True, But I dont think they were doing it out of spite. Just that they thought he was breaking the law. (I hope! )

If they are behaving like that they need to be put on other duties or a Highway Code awareness course.

 

[Globalti]

Perhaps they just wanted his DNA.

 

[CopperBrompton]

It's not an arrestable offence, so he couldn't have been arrested for it in any case. (He could be arrested if requested to provide his details and refused to do so.)

Assuming there is some truth to it (eg. that he was stopped and/or fined), though, it does fall into the 'You couldn't make it up' category.

 

[PBancroft]

Sounds like they were clamping down on people who weren't breaking the law though.

That is the problem I think. There is the difference between "norms" and the law.

It's quite legal to do a lot of things which can seem odd and out of place, even dangerous, to people who aren't expecting it. For example, since its pertinent here, driving on footpaths (in order to park or maneuver) is largely ignored yet the moment a cyclist is seen on a pavement...

Drivers darting through the red light as it changes is frowned upon, but cyclists who run red lights so brazenly need to have identification and fined, taken off the road etc.

But its not just cycling.

Its illegal to speed, but God forbid if you actually drive at 30 in a 30 limit. I've lost track of the number of "conversations" I've had whilst driving about that one.

Innocent before being proven guilty does not mean you shouldn't be "inconvenienced" by the hassle of being arrested.

Consumer rights do not mean that you get to ask for whatever you want in a shop and get it handed to you at whatever price you demand, and get a refund when you break it.

SCOTTISH NOTES ARE NOT LEGAL TENDER. Neither are Bank of England notes whilst in Scotland.

I've gone off on a tangent, but oh I could go on so much...

 

[Cubist]

That is the problem I think. There is the difference between "norms" and the law.

It's quite legal to do a lot of things which can seem odd and out of place, even dangerous, to people who aren't expecting it. For example, since its pertinent here, driving on footpaths (in order to park or maneuver) is largely ignored yet the moment a cyclist is seen on a pavement...

Drivers darting through the red light as it changes is frowned upon, but cyclists who run red lights so brazenly need to have identification and fined, taken off the road etc.

But its not just cycling.

Its illegal to speed, but God forbid if you actually drive at 30 in a 30 limit. I've lost track of the number of "conversations" I've had whilst driving about that one.

Innocent before being proven guilty does not mean you shouldn't be "inconvenienced" by the hassle of being arrested.

Consumer rights do not mean that you get to ask for whatever you want in a shop and get it handed to you at whatever price you demand, and get a refund when you break it.

SCOTTISH NOTES ARE NOT LEGAL TENDER. Neither are Bank of England notes whilst in Scotland.

I've gone off on a tangent, but oh I could go on so much...

You are a "pub barrister" AICMFP

 

[snorri]

A policeman engaging you in conversation is not quite the same as being arrested by that same policeman.

 

[ufkacbln]

Slightly OT......

I noticed a cyclist being stopped on the A27 by a Police Officer. The problem here is that the cycle path is onthe pavement but just ceases to be signed, no "END" or anything else, just no more signs enabling the use.

I don't know whether the cyclist was an offender or had innocently carried on in the reasonable assumption he was on a path still, but it is a possibility eitther way

 

[PBancroft]

You are a "pub barrister" AICMFP

Guilty as charged!

That Scottish "legal tender" thing is something that annoys me though.

 

[SilentSoulDragon]

When working in retail we all ways take English notes yet when ever we visited Newcastle they wouldn't accept Scottish notes. Also northern Ireland took both.

Not had anyone stop me buying something with an English note.