Speeding.

[buggi]

As others have said, you cannot have your driving licence endorsed with points for speeding on a bicycle because there is no such offense nor any mechanism for imposing an endorsement. You can still have your driving licence taken off you though. Have a look at Powers of Criminal Courts (Sentencing) Act 2000, S146.

a driving licence is for driving not cycling, you can't have your driving licence removed for a cycle offence, there is no reason why you should even be asked to produce one. You cannot have points added either for the same reason.

 

[buggi]

I've used that argument,but they replied that if you didn't have a driving license at the time of the offence,they would be accumulated and added to your driving license at a later date if you acquired one..

no, not for cycling offences, only driving offences. Eg if you were 16 and got caught speeding in a car, they would give you points. These points would be added to your license when you applied for one when you came of age. Or, if you were disqualified for 3 years, you would not be able to apply for your licence until you were 20. However, no license is needed for a cycle and therefore, no corresponding law is in place to issue points or disqualification. Your mates need educating!

 

[swansonj]

Could that be an MTN?

 

[doug]

Apparently there is one offence you can commit whilst cycling that may result in points on a driving license and that is "Going equipped to steal a motor vehicle", this offence could be committed on foot, roller skates or even a pogo stick

All other offences that result in points require the offender to be operating a "motor vehicle"

More detail here:
http://www.astounding.org.uk/ian/cyclelaw/licence_points.html

 

[Jefferson Meriwether]

When I set off a speed camera I wrote off asking for confirmation of what speed I was doing at the time; Dorset police wrote back basically saying that as bicycles don't have identifiable registration numbers no action is taken with regards speeding offences.

Like others have said, you can't get points on your driving licence.

 

[clockman]

Are you sure your mates aren't related to David Brent? The ish at the end of Blackburn doesn't mean it's near Slough does it?

 

[Linford]

Is a TMN appropriate when someone reiterates what you have said whilst disagreeing with you, or is that something different?

Just how many 'other' people have TMN on their ignore list ?

 

[Ganymede]

In America, you can get points on your driving licence if you get caught jay-walking as a pedestrian. I once got stopped for jaywalking in a residential area of West Hollywood - not another car in sight but alas there was a police car coming up to a nearby junction. Honestly it was like Acacia Grove or whatever it's called in Desperate Housewives, ie completely quiet tree-and-house-lined street, and he was going to have me for it until he heard my accent.

Disclaimer: this was a while ago... about 14 years.

 

[CopperCyclist]

There is any easy way to 'beat' them. Just ask them for several credible sources of proof.

The other easy way is to find out the value of a fine for a red light jump on a cycle, then bet them twice that amount you won't get any points, before searching out an enforcement zone and jumping it :-)