It's ok to cycle on the pavement if.......

[User33236]

I have not personally read beyond the first few pages of this thread but it appears it has become an example of Godwin's law and strayed far from the original point where common sense prevailed in the local PCSO's in my area.

Please allow the same common sense when people give their opinion, that they are entitled to do, and keep it friendly.

 

[Cyclopathic]

Did I say it was fit to purpose or otherwise?

I merely stated what the law is

Yeah, we know it's the law. What is your point?

 

[Cyclopathic]

[QUOTE 3131428, member: 30090"]Except pavement riding is dealt with as a summary offence so it does stand.[/QUOTE]
When the police around here were targeting cycling on the pavement it was very much a friendly warning. They were not handing out fines or taking any further action. For all the talk of it being against the law I can't think of a single person I know who has actually had a fine. Pavement riding may be dealt with as a summary offence but it seems rarely is.

 

[ClichéGuevara]

Near me, the cycle lane north is on the opposite side of a busy dual carriageway. There is a cycle path on my side of the road, but it starts about a quarter of a mile away.
I'd been fettling an old bike, and didn't fancy testing it on the main road, so rode on the footpath, with the aim of joining the cycle path.
Sods law, a Policeman saw me and pulled me over, just a few feet from the start of the cycle path.
He was very polite and understanding of what I was doing and had a good natter about the bike. As he was leaving, I thanked him, and said I didn't mind being stopped as it's reassuring to think he'd have done the same and caught me had I been a thief.
He looked quizzically, until it occurred to him what I meant. I guess I should be flattered I look so honest in the eyes of experts.

 

[ianrauk]

When the police around here were targeting cycling on the pavement it was very much a friendly warning. They were not handing out fines or taking any further action. For all the talk of it being against the law I can't think of a single person I know who has actually had a fine. Pavement riding may be dealt with as a summary offence but it seems rarely is.

Hi, nice to meet you... I have had a fine by a PCSO. He wouldn't listen to reason when he stopped me as I was scooting, (not even riding), along a pavement. Outside Buckingham Palace, a real cop asked that we CYCLE' on the pavement as they were shutting the roads. So, scooting along the pavement (not even cycling), The PCSO, (a PCSO who I found out later liked to target cyclists for some reason), took it upon his special powers to fine me and threaten the other 8 riders with a £30 fine. The other PCSO that was with the jumped up twerp looked mighty embarrassed at the treatment I was getting from him that he tried to hide.

 

[Cyclopathic]

Hi, nice to meet you... I have had a fine by a PCSO. He wouldn't listen to reason when he stopped me as I was scooting, (not even riding), along a pavement. Outside Buckingham Palace, a real cop asked that we CYCLE' on the pavement as they were shutting the roads. So, scooting along the pavement (not even cycling), The PCSO, (a PCSO who I found out later liked to target cyclists for some reason), took it upon his special powers to fine me and threaten the other 8 riders with a £30 fine. The other PCSO that was with the jumped up twerp looked mighty embarrassed at the treatment I was getting from him that he tried to hide.

Sounds like entrapment. Obviously people do get fined, just that in my experience if the police do anything at all then it's a friendly word rather than the full pat down and crevice search. London police can seem to be a bit extra as well. He probably thought it was his job to protect the queen from getting run over by a terrorist on a bike.

 

[Spinney]

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[ianrauk]

Sounds like entrapment. Obviously people do get fined, just that in my experience if the police do anything at all then it's a friendly word rather than the full pat down and crevice search. London police can seem to be a bit extra as well. He probably thought it was his job to protect the queen from getting run over by a terrorist on a bike.

Nothing to do with entrapment.
The cop that said it was ok had no knowing there was a PCSO walking from the other direction.

 

[ClichéGuevara]

Hi, nice to meet you... I have had a fine by a PCSO. He wouldn't listen to reason when he stopped me as I was scooting, (not even riding), along a pavement. Outside Buckingham Palace, a real cop asked that we CYCLE' on the pavement as they were shutting the roads. So, scooting along the pavement (not even cycling), The PCSO, (a PCSO who I found out later liked to target cyclists for some reason), took it upon his special powers to fine me and threaten the other 8 riders with a £30 fine. The other PCSO that was with the jumped up twerp looked mighty embarrassed at the treatment I was getting from him that he tried to hide.

I've memorised the address and personal details of people that have pissed me off for just these occasions.