crumpetman
Well-Known Member
That is nonsense. At some point in the retelling of that story someone has been confused or misquoted. Pushing a bike is no different than pushing a wheelchair or a pram or pulling a shopping trolley.
My ex's mother was once given a telling off from a policeman (who was obviously having a slow day) for pushing her bike the wrong way up a one way street. He said she should have pushed it all the way round the one way system - the right way - arguing that pushing or not, she was still in control of a vehicle. I suppose this technically applies to red lights too.
On the pavement? There must be some law that could be used against you if the police saw you and wanted you to stop. It would just come under some general "behaving dangerously" thing. If you are in the road on skates then the same could apply.
