Lawful to Eat & Drink on the Move?

[mick1836]

Hi, once again after receiving an email from British Cycling titled How to Take Water and containing this video
http://tinyurl.com/y8wottmf
I am a little confused?

Back in 2005 woman fined £60 + £100 costs for eating an apple whilst driving.
2015 Woman fined £100 + 3 points for eating a banana in a traffic jam

So are cyclists exempt?

 

[jefmcg]

They weren't charged with eating, they were charged with careless driving (or similar). That's not an offence cyclists can commit.

There is careless cycling, so if your eating or drinking makes you "cycle on a road without due care and attention, or without reasonable consideration for other persons using the road" then you are "guilty of an offence." So eat with care.

 

[S-Express]

Eating/drinking while driving is not illegal. The law only provides for being in proper control of the vehicle.

 

[rich p]

I only do it on straight motorway stretches obvs, but I often eat a plate of food resting on my knees, using a knife and fork and never had a prob.
People are too safety conscious these days.

 

[ufkacbln]

As I understand this, the law recognises that a bicycle can be fully and properly controlled with one hand (you are required to do so when signalling)

Hence there is no offence as stated by @jefmcg

 

[Dave Davenport]

When I was an apprentice, one of my jobs was to make a fried breakfast in the back of the Bedford van whilst on the way to the job.

 

[Lonestar]

I only do it on straight motorway stretches obvs, but I often eat a plate of food resting on my knees, using a knife and fork and never had a prob.
People are too safety conscious these days.

You are joking,right?

 

[Dave Davenport]

It's ok, I'm usually in the passenger seat steering for him (I've got a spare hand 'cos I just have the soup).

 

[jefmcg]

When I was an apprentice, one of my jobs was to make a fried breakfast in the back of the Bedford van whilst on the way to the job.

And that's very dangerous to do while you are driving!

 

[Tin Pot]

I only do it on straight motorway stretches obvs, but I often eat a plate of food resting on my knees, using a knife and fork and never had a prob.
People are too safety conscious these days.

It was the woman with the bowl of cereal and a spoon on her lap that got me.

 

[jefmcg]

It was the woman with the bowl of cereal and a spoon on her lap that got me.

That was a goodun'

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0elsNDRqLtQ&feature=youtu.be&t=32

 

[snorri]

When I was an apprentice, one of my jobs was to make a fried breakfast in the back of the Bedford van whilst on the way to the job.

Yeah! No worries about cholesterol in these days.

 

[Dave Davenport]

Yeah! No worries about cholesterol in these days.

You're right there, I used a big pan of lard to fry everything!

 

[CanucksTraveller]

When I was an apprentice, one of my jobs was to make a fried breakfast in the back of the Bedford van whilst on the way to the job.

It's a good job those vans were fairly compact, you'd never reach the wheel with your feet these days in today's bigger vans.

 

[Tin Pot]

That was a goodun'

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0elsNDRqLtQ&feature=youtu.be&t=32

Well found.

I don't think that will ever get old.