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It’s possible where required to implement speed limits for bikes
Can you get done for speeding on a bike?
Generally speaking, on normal public highways, the speed limits do not apply to bicycles. (If you do manage to cycle at 60mph though, please let us know...we'd like to see that).
The Highway Code and the Road Traffic Act speeding limits apply only to motor vehicles and their drivers.
However, it is possible for local authorities to impose speed limits on cyclists but this is rarely done. The local council would have to state specifically the limit and the penalty for breaching that limit.
The case is different however for royal parks. Previously, speed limits in royal parks were applicable to bicycles, because the, The Royal Parks and Other Open Spaces Regulations 1997 amended by the Royal Parks and Other Open Spaces (Amendment) Regulations 2004 outlined that speed limits in the parks applied to all vehicles.
This was amended to be specific to motor vehicles meaning that it does not apply to bikes. It was then un-amended (revoked) such that speed limits do apply to bicycles in royal parks