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@dancing james
ffs
i have gone through red lights and been fined once, seems like a reasonable red light tax to me
i have chosen to ride on the pavement a few times and been fined once, again this seems like a reasonable pavement cycling tax to me
however if you want to do either of these things dismount your bike, you become a foot passenger and then cant be fined
a policeman threatened me with a "furious cycling" charge for walking through a red light recently - he had already threatened the red light fine and i had cited crank vs brooks
i then had to point out as i was a foot passenger by walking i clearly was not a cyclist, hence why he could not fine me for going through the red light or furious cycling, it was brilliant watching the penny drop and his expression of frustration